MANASAROVARA IN UN-DES. 4 Gi 



lama was abfcnt when I look the liberty of depofiting the wool in the 

 verandah of the temple of one of the deities: therefore it remains to be 

 feen, (hquld he return before I do, how he may approve of this (tep. 

 However, from what. I have feen of the prieflhood here, they are an 

 inoffenfive clafs. 



Nearly opposite to* his houfe is a broad wall of flo^e, 150 yards 

 long and 4 feet broad, covered with loofe (tones infcribed with prayers. 

 The length of time which mull, have elafped before fuch an .extent- .of 

 fur face could have been fo decorated by the hands of pilgrims, (hows 

 the great antiquity of TirtdpurL , Inhere are many little ■ Mat'hs having 

 niches in one fide, in which are impreffions^inunbur.nUcby,. of Lamm 

 and deities, and on fome of the piles pf Hopes are : figures of Lamas, 'of 



.Ndrdyan and q£ Bhafmdjurxa.zv&d on large flat- pebbles*., iji 



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Auguft 1 ft. — Thermometer. :40V Leavelbc yak cows, calves, and 

 wy goats— Commerice our march: at 10 A. M. meet a prjrty of 

 Unias going with feveral loaded yaks to the fair at Ghertope. The manes 

 of the yaks were dyed yellow with the Gcru earth. At 12800 paces 

 come to our ground and encamp in a green pleafant fpot, in a hollow 

 furrounded with -many fprings^ at 4 h 30' P. M. At 8 P. M. Thermo- 

 meter 46 , 



Auguft 2d.— Thermometer 32 . A fevere frolt during the night— 

 ice a quarter of an inch thick over (landing water. March at 

 io h 20 '. At 10825 paces a large fheet of remarkably blue water at the 

 foot of the mountains to the right, called Rdwanhrad faid to give rife 

 to the principal branch of the Satudra,. and to- communicate by a 

 river with the lake Mdnfarowar, named by the natives Mapang. 

 Rdwanhrad bears S, 25 E. diflant 8 miles. At 16827 P aces ^^ an(i 



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