Rivers, GANGES AND JUMNA. 145 
face of which is not so steep, and it is clothed with trees. —All those are at 
present deepin snow, which reaches down to the level of the two streams ;— 
yet I found the place by nomeans an uncomfortable abode, for the heights 
near it, shelter it from the violence of the winds.—The sun_ is pleasantly 
warm in the middle of the day, and the progress of vegetation is rapid, 
in proportion to the length of the winter.—The rocky and snowy defile 
called es é, where the Jumna originates, is seen in. the direction 
of N. 42. east, —Distant 3 miles, 
Latitude of Cursdlé 30 57 19. 
7th April, observed immersion. of Jypiter’s Ist satellite, 5 
meat CLINE... oe OOo @5 60° @2 000 0888 Fees oo sie ei Oe 03 46: 
Et appears, no observation was obtained at Madras, on this day. 
During three days, I attempted to get some sets of lunar distances, and 
also transits of the moon over the meridian, but was constantly prevented, 
by clouds, from doing any thing satisfactorily. 
Qist April, 1817.—Cursal¢, to Jumnotri. : ? 
m yarde. 
I Flat, along the village fields; here climb a_ steep 
rocky corner, above the river’s: bed. -Jwmnoiri 
nearly 41 30—Chid ‘mountain, over which. there 
is a pass to Suc’hé on the Ganges, practicable in 
the rains, (at present it is blocked up by deep 
snow}, 128 30 SOHN BC OOCC HRC OCR RCT ey age Scr 0 3 40 
2 Steep descent through snow 1 to 5 feet deep, then flat O © 148 
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