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Birat.—in the winter, the fort is’ almost buried ' in snow, ‘which ree 
mains in shady places, and on the northern ’side’ of the peak, till the 
beginning of April; but snow seldom falls later than the last week of 
March, at whieh season, while I was in the fort, there was a shower 
which covered the ground to the depth of 2 inches:—the peak is a bare 
slaty rock, with some quartz intermixed, 
Br March, 1817.—Birat to Mitra. 
Total distance 4 6, Lo 5, narrow path along the mountain’s side, then’a 
steep descent of 2, 1 to Murlang, a small village ina glen, on the Silgad 
rivulet, which falls into the Jwmna three Je to the east.—No grain here. 
Lat. observed 30 36 53. 
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Thermometer at noon 78. It was yesterday, at noon, at Burat 50. 
30th March.—Murlang to Cot’ha. 
Total distance 9. 5.o-Pioceed 25 miles down the bed of the Silgad to — 
the Jumna,—then leave it, and cross a ridge, and go up the bed of the 
Jumna, to the confluence of the Cunfi river, which joins it from the 
Keinah peak to the west.—That river is about 60 feet wide, and 14 and 2 
feetdeep. The Jumna is 90 feet wide, 3 to 5 feet deep, rapid, and not fordable. 
-—The rest of the path is a long ascent of the mountain, above the right 
bank of the Jumna, to Cot’ha, a village of 10 houses, about 3000 feet above 
the level of the river.—A fatiguing march,—heavy rain,—no grain here. 
Bist March. —Cot ha to Lakha Maridal. 
Total distance 8. 7, —For 6. 7, the path lies gene: cally along the side 
