gip . . A JOURNEY TO LAKE 



a^old the op pre (Son of the Gorkhas. She gave an *®i§i.l[»g' flatemenfc 

 of the grievances inflicted by them; aff^red us that oar loads fhould 

 be forwarded^ and that Bhawani Singh would not be faithkfs to his 

 engagements : .but that we.fhpuld not fee him, as both he and Jawahir, 

 feared to be feized and fent to Sirinagar. She was very anxious to ira,- 

 prefs us with a belief, that the warmeft wifhes of the whole >f her ariily 

 were with us„ We then deiired Ban ; du Th£pa*s fon and the, jar^ad^r 

 would come to our tent, and remonftrated with them on oujc Hiuatioix. 

 Bandu Thapa's fon and an old man his governor exprefled their concern; 

 at the delay in our journey^ and faidlthey were ready to, accompany us 

 to Pali, when we fhould fee Bandu Thapa; and that we might rely 

 upon it our effeds fhould reach Pali, within three days after our arrival. 

 We were obliged to remain fatisfied with this explanation^ but faicl^ 

 that if we had not an account of the baggage being on the road to us 

 in three days, we would certainly march. 



September 25.— As a perfon. acquainted, with the management of 

 goatg and the culture of the mountain rice would be ufeful in going to 

 Calcutta with the former, and perhaps eventually to England, I gave, 

 the fum of thirty rupees for a Have offered to me by Jawahir Singh, 

 who was apprehenfive that he would be forcibly taken from him by .the 

 Gorkhas- ii 'he did not difpofe of him. 



September 26th.— The jamadar Jag-rup came to take leave* As,I £aw, i 

 lie expected a prefent, I filled a China box with five rupees in Timafkis 

 and gave it to him. He appeared highly gratified .with. this, and.- we 

 law 110 more of him. 



At g h iff left the village of SoUr. At 8380. paces reach Panki-math. 

 The Utter part of this journey was. very embar raffing, as the . rain now 



