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we lay down fjbr a few minutes; and as I had not feen the furface of 

 the high land on the North, and the night was dark s I thought it on the 

 whole more advifable to encounter the fatigue of wading through the 

 deep fand, and the rifk of injuring our legs and feefcamongft the (tones* 

 than have the chance of falling over the precipice of the rock, or into 

 any of the deep ravines by which its furface was broken,, But there 

 was another inconvenience, that was unforefeen and very annoying. 

 The wind had put in motion the dry fand on the weftern extremity 

 of the northern Chore, and this rofe into our eyes and almoft blinded 

 us— The fervants, who were with me, had eaten nothing fince the 

 day before ; I had only taken a cup of tea in the morning, and, 

 though in health, thev were little lefs exhaufted than myfelf. For 

 my part, from the violent pain in my limbs and the Angularly acce- 

 lerated a&ion of breathing, I was compelled to fit down every ten 

 or fifteen minutes ; and was in one of thefe halts overtaken by my 

 harkdrak, who reported that he had gone nearly to the foot of the 

 Himalaya mountains covered with fnow, and had not feen the fmalleft 

 trace of any river iffaing from the lake. At half pad eleven, benumbed 

 with cold and completely overcome with fatigue, I reached my tent, 

 where a cup of warm tea was a raoft welcome ref refhment. 



Auo-u/t 7th.— Thermometer 49. Found my eyes inflamed ; and 

 obferved that thofe who were witb me, had alfo fuffered in the fame 

 organ. Sent for H arballabh, and obferved to him that the river which 

 hchadcrofledon Sankhos fixteen years ago, did not as he fuppofed proceed 

 from Mdnfarowa-, but from fome part of the Himalaya to the weft, and 

 taking fuddenly a weftern courfe, fell into Rdwanhrad, and led him 

 into error on this point. He was very poiitive on the fubjeft ; faid 

 he could bring the evidence of all the inhabitants of the neighbour- 

 hood in fupport of the truth of his affertion, and that my harkdrak 



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