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very broad; one leg runs eaftward towards Mdnfarowar, is ft raight, 

 and ends in a point; the other goes to the fouth amongft the hills ; 

 and their divergence, forms an angle almofi directly oppofite to the town 

 ofGangri or Dereham, I think I faw a ft ream iffue out of it at the 

 we Hern fide of this angle, which probably communicates with the 

 many ftreams which form the Setlej : but this point I purpofed to 



make out decidedly. 



it 



Augujt^h. — Thermometer 42°. I differed "much from fever, and 

 was unable to goto Rdwanhrad. About fun- fet the wind became very 

 high, and thick clouds with loud peals of thunder announced the ap- 

 proach of a ftorm.— This began with hail, turned to rain, and at midnight 

 a fall of fnow took place which lafted till morning. 



Augufl' \o\h.. — At fix in the morning, -thermometer 32". Our tents 

 covered s t!wo inches thick with fnow which continues to fall. The 

 ftreams 611 the phin much fwollen, mmy parts covered with water 

 that were quite dry ye fterday. The ground very poachy, all prof- 

 peel; of vifiting Rdwanhrad given up, and anxiety felt, left a continuance 

 of this weather ftiould fill the panes of the Himdchal with fnow, and 

 exclude us from Hinduflan. Rdwanhrad receives many rivulets from the 

 fouthern face of the Cailds ridge ; but a large body of water, it is 

 probable, falls into it from the northern front of its fnow capped-neigh- 

 bour the Himdchal range. — I much regret to leave unfettled the 

 queftion of a branch of the Satudrd proceeding from it ; but muft bow 

 to the neceffity of the cafe. 



On its banks vaft numbers of wild geefe are bred, and it is probably 

 better llored with fiifi than Mdnjaroimar, as one edge of its banks is fring- 

 ed with grafs of confidcrable height, and there is fwampy land at the 



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