5 o6 A JOURNEY TO LAKE -, 



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 our baggage to NHL Dasrat'h, in his letter to Bhacti, accufed Bka- 



wani Sing of having taking three thoufand rupees, and made ufeof this 

 falfehood, as a plea to ruin Bhawani by extorting that fum from him. 

 The report forwarded to Catmandu ftated, that we had gone with an 

 intention of building two forts, one at Niti and one in the Undes, to 

 garrifon them with Marchas, and thence proceed by Bubefm to join the 

 Sikhs, with whofe arms we propofed to invade the country. . Thw ac- 

 counts ' amongft the country people were ridiculous enough. One re- 

 ported that a letter had arrived from Delhi, dating that we had ftolen the 

 philofopher's ftone, and three lacks of rupees from the Company's wife, 



A letter arrived from Bandhu Thapa's fon, now at Solur, di- 

 recting Jagrup to treat us with attention, and to take care that 

 no part of our property mould receive any injury. He was anxious, 

 that we fliould march to-morrow to Solur, which is five kos below 

 Joflii-math, To this the rainy ftate of the weather was objected: but 

 it was promifed that we would go as foon as the weather became fair. 

 The motive he affigned for our going thither was, that we mould be 

 able to get provi lions eaftly, which could not be done at Baragaon. 



r 19th.— Thermometer 59". During the night the fummits 

 of the neighbouring mountains have been covered with a fall of fnow. 

 Halt at Baragaon. About 2 P. M. it began to rain fmartly and 

 continued without iritermiflion until 6, leaving the air cold and 



difagreeably damp. After fun-fet thermometer i6\ 



-September 20th. — Thermometer 57 . The jamadar having flrongly 

 reprefented that they could not procure provifions without the great- 

 eft difficulty ac Banigion, but that they fhould be able to get abun- 

 dance at Solur s we agreed to march as far as Jojhi-math to-day* 



