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Jaunsar, of which district it is esteemed the capital—It is situated 
between two high and steep mountains, and onthe Omla, a small river 
which joins the Jumna.—Calst is a place of some little trade, as the 
people of the neighbouring mountains bring to-it.their productions, and 
exchange them for cash to pay their rents, and a very small quantity of 
the produce of the plains—On the march, the Jumna is forded above 
its confluence with the Tonse. Carriage cattle may go to Calst, but 
further within the mountains, every article is carried on men’s backs.— 
Latitude of Calst 30 31 24. 
Se wes ist Calsi, to Bawrat Fort. 
Total distance 24,511 paces. ) 
~ 6000 paces of exceedingly steep ascent of the mountain, on left bank of 
the Omla ;—2600 easier, to the village of Khuny on the ridges remainder, 
along the mountains side, with occasional ascents and descents, to the 
- foot of the peak of Birat, which rises conically above the ridge ;—1800 
vaces.of the steep ascent up it to the fort, which is a small double 
enclosure.—It was abandoned by the Gorc’ha garrison, on the approach 
ef a force under Colonel CaRrENTER. 
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‘Tue height of Birat above Seharanpur, (which is visible from it), 
is 6508 feets it commands a noble view of the snowy mountains, and 
the various intermediate ranges, as well as of the Dun valley, and the 
plains on both sides of the Jumma, 
InvaLips frony the plains, requiring a change of climate, may find it at 
