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its bank, within wcm/ yards of the Sankko, that the pandit's flave 

 dafhed ray watch from my girdle upon the ftones. However this acci- 

 dent did not affe£t me 9 although ferioufly inconvenient, one-tenth fo 

 much as the loft of one poor goat that coU only a rupee s but this latter 

 had been attained with more difficulty than the watch had coll me. 

 At 8025 paces reached the road running under the village of Tolm& 9 

 which, .furroiraded by fields'of the crirnfon marcha, looks very pretty. 

 The marcha, is a plant which I miftook in my journey upwards for the 

 , hl-fag ofMinduflm, or the Amar&nthws Gdngeiicus? and the Mahu who 

 had accompanied the party which went in 1808, to furvey the Ganges, 

 fell into the fame error and u fed it as a potherb. In a fhort time, 

 tthofe who had eaten much of it were affeeled with purging and fore- 

 fiefs in the inlide of the mouth. The natives of the hills, however em- 

 ploy it without injury whilft it isf y@ung, but I neglected to enquire in 

 what manner it was drelfed. T thought we fhould be able. to reach Lata 

 this -evening, and . therefore pufhed on, Having arrived at the foot of 

 the rnoi -^a in (whicb we .afctnded ©n. leaving -Lata) the fk'y became 

 ifudd.Div clouded, and. large drops of rain with guflsof wind announc- 

 , ed an 9p reaching Ilorm. , As the day clofed .rapidly, I fiw it would 

 ; BOi.be l'. ffible to pafs over the rugged mountainous road without acci- 

 1 dent, as much of it lay on .the -edge of the cliff over the river, and 

 ■s therefore determined to take up my lodging for the night. A fmall 

 < cavity under a ledge of rock juft flickered me, from the rain. Having 

 1 ffcretched my carpet and blanket < on the .ground, I went to bed dinner- 

 lefs ; and my companion fared no better. The principal part of our 

 fervants remained behind taking fuch lodging as they could find : but 

 they were much better circumilanced than their mailers, as they had 

 i their food along with them. 



September 15th. — Thermomzte* 58% At eight A* M. began our 



