5 o8 ' A JOURNEY TO LAKE, 



alley of this ofFenfive vapour. At length they clambered up Come 

 large blocks of Hones. 



Our march did not take place till 2 h 15', owing to the Gorkha 

 party, having ferved themfelves with carriers for their loads, before 

 they gave any to os. On reaching the foot of the hill, half way up 

 which, are many detached cottages which form the village o' & lur i 

 I found my flock, which had darted at an early hour. We went up, and 

 after an afcent of about a mile through narrow paths and nelds in 

 March ', Sawa, and- Sarfon, reached the refidence of Bhawa'ni Singh, at 

 the clofe of day, where was a (tone threiliing floor almoft covered 

 with hemp, on which we pitched our tents. Gave the body of a goat 

 which died, to the Gorkia bipdiiis, who requeued to have it for their 

 night's repaft. 



September 22d.— Halt. Bhawani Singh has not come here accord* 



Ing to his promife. We found Bandhu Thapa's fon, the nephew of 

 the general, Bhacti, ficK. of an intermittent. 



September ■ 23d. — After breakfafi we fet off accompanied by a far- 

 mer, who faid that he thought it likely we mould find wild hogs 3 

 bears, deer, and pheafants, if we would go up to the top of a high 

 'wooded mountain to the left, which formed p^rt of the great Tiigasi 

 range. We afcended a ileep ridge and paffed through a fore II of 

 fir, C;dar, and cyprefs,* with fycamore, horfe chefnut, walnut and 

 yew trees, the latter are called Tuner, The cedars were of enormous 

 fize;. one meafured .18 cubits in girth ar 4 feet from the ground, 

 and was about 180 feet high; another that had fallen down was 159 

 feet in length : and trees of this (ize were not uncommon. From this 



*fine ? 



