jgts A JOURNEY TO LAKE 



Tipol Koii today, anc| was foon followed by Jagru'p |?m|dar and his 



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fcr 28th.— Thermometer 53 , At 1462 packs reach thefteps,- 

 \vhichin going up s were ar object of terror, but which now furp rife us 

 that we lliould have thought formidable ; this change in ou^ fentirr-nts 

 has been worked by our having become familiar with worfe iu«.as, ?.id 

 likewife by the declivity being concealed by grafs. Encamp 2XF juU 

 kothu. At i° 45 diflance 3225 paces. The Gorkhas wifhed us to pitch 

 clofe to a fmall houfe or fort; they were preparing to command the 

 road to Bhadrinath, and that of the Jhula acrofs the AlqcanandaXa 

 Bandhdik, and the temple of Kidamaf/h The invitation was declined 

 for obvious reafons. 



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September 29th,— Halt this day. We are told that on. the fummits 

 of the neighbouring mountains there was a large red tiger, which 

 feeds on elks and the large ft kind of game 9 but feldom comes to the 

 lower part of the country. He is defcribed to be of the fize of a 

 fmall horfe, his neck is covered with hair fo long as to fall over his 

 face and almofl conceal his head, as he comes downhill. From, this 

 account^ it is p refundable that the animal is a lion. ■ ".<•■• 



September 30th.— Thermometer 6o°. Noon 78 . Night f58°. This 

 land was given by the Rajas in Jaghir to Madrindth for the main- 

 tenance ©f the officiating priefts; and the Gorkhas have not disturbed 

 the tenure, though they live at free quarters upon the farmery 

 when they come either to collect rents in the neighbourhood or for 

 any other purpofe, as in the pre fen t inftance, when a force is collected 

 fcoirapofeupon.us, a belief of their ftrength. 



