joa A JOURNEY TO LAKE 



only, but the man who had the care of him declared, that this care 

 was fuperfluous, for that he could come down a furface as deep as was 

 practicable for man. He had been brought to the fide of the river un- 

 der an idea that be might have crofTed ; and from the height of the bask 

 where I flood, I thought the attempt attended with little danger ; in fa 

 much, that the beii fwimmer in the party having declined the tafk, I had 

 refolved upon trying. However on reaching the bed of the river 

 and paffiog one ftream, I was deterred from the experiment, in con« 

 fequence of the force and velocity of the current, the extreme cold- 

 nefs of the water, &njl ..t&e danger of being dafhed .again.fi; the , Jionqs. 

 or flumps of trees. 



Although money had been -given to the ■Seya.nasof Jhelim for- the 

 hire of the carriers, they had kept the money, and not furnifhed a 

 particle of food to the unfortunate people who had to bear the burthen 

 and heat of the day. The oppreilionexercifed by the government ren- 

 ders natives equally op pre give in proportion to their power; Then®.©- 

 ?neter at night §0K 



September 14th— Thermometer 58 . March at rj h 25' alone the 



left bank of the Dauli; one of my finefl goats, heavy with young, 



and the boidefl in the whole herd, fell into the fl ream and was hurried 



away by the current. The bridge was about twelve inches broad and 



formed by a fir-tree, © little flattened on its /upper furface and a round 



fapling on each fide. Whilfl the goats crowded at the foot of the Sari' 



kktj, two went on boldly, but when they had reached within a few feet 



of the oppofite fide, the preffure of the feet of the goats had'pufhejd 



forwards one of the fide fpars, and unluckily that on which agoat was; 



one end fell down, and the other tilting up, threw the poor animal in~ 



: t9 the ilream. This fpot has brought nie much difafter ; for it was 0$ 



