vMANASARdVARA in On-des.- sot 



met by & ■ mefienger from Bhawani Singh N£gi, with a letter from 

 him, and another from Jagrup jamadar of the party now at Bara- 

 gam and Jojhi Math, The former ftated, that the Gorkiahs had dif. 

 trefled him much on account of having affifted in forwarding our 

 baggage; that his life would have been forfeited had we not returned 

 by this road ; but that now he was peifeflly ateafe and difpofed to do 

 every thing in his power to ferve us. Jagrup faid, that he would take 

 pare that we mould have every facility that he could afford us in our re- 

 turn : Bhawani Singh flated, that we might take the Pain Kbandi 

 or Buddn road, as might be mo ft agreeable. At 5645 paces crofs the 

 Vault over a very bad Sankko to the left bank. Here the road 3 which. 

 is very bad, afcends rapidly • in many places, little more than a foot 

 broad; and projections from above oblige the paiTenger to creep 

 under them almoft immediately over the bed of the river, which -is 1 

 about 500 yards below. At 7025 paces reach the fummit from whence f 

 the defcent is very difficult and fteep; indeed were a perfon from be- 

 low to fee travellers above, he could not fail- of feeling much anxiety? 

 for their fituation. At 7650 paces reach our farmer ground and en-- 

 camp. A Sankbo ha J been wafhed away, and the lofs of a long tree 

 not worth three rupees in this country, endangers' the lofs of life to 

 everyone who attempts this moft dangerous route* of which no con- 

 ception can be formed by defcriptiorii Let it fuffice to fay, that the 

 very goats refitted attempting fome parts of it for a confiderable time j 

 and that we were in more than one place reduced to the necefllty of' 

 ereepingon our hands and knees: yet every one arrived without acci- 

 dent, and the Jabu climbed and defcended in a manner that created 

 admiration; but in one fpot it was thought advifable, that he fhould, 

 attempt an almoft perpendicular face of rock, rather than be obliged to 

 come down by another fo fteep that it was a talk of great danger for 

 man. By a long detour he reached us over a trad known to our guides ? 



