5 \6 A JOURNEY TO' IS 



Himdchal would have palled, but that had w( ,- 



we fhould have applied regularly for perm; she. 



Gorkdli country. We then enquired, if h la n of 



having committed any violence or irregak rity-.'ki our v 



march. He anfwered in the negative. He wa; fa$t& 



hundreds of the Nipalefe went through the C i ,ny^ 



direction they pleafed without interruption.. 



the remark, but (aid that he wifhed us -to- irn*> 



Praydgt and afterwards faid that this period 



feventeen days, until a decifion Chould be to rmed by the different-. 

 chiefs as to the line of conduct to be taken. We faid, that- we had 

 been much detained at various places on different pretences,, that our;, 

 money was nearly exhaufied, and that we could not make any further 

 halt than one day, when we would proceed towards Pali, where we 

 would halt two days. He faid, that he was obliged to go to Sen nag at 

 on account of the Das' liar a , and we might not find any bearers the 

 next day, but that we might depend upon them the following day 5 and 

 that he would order the Bichdri to attend us to Chilkialu We parted 

 apparently on the belt terms; and Bandu Thapa w^s-much- pleafed 

 with his prefent. 



October loth.— At 8 o'clock Bandu Thapa kt off' in a Dandi or blan- 

 ket collected in gathers at the two ends and tied to a long pole. He was 

 carried by two men, who mu ft have been abundantly loaded, as he 

 cannot weigh lefs than fifteen (lone*. The town of Karn Prayag, con- 

 tained many inhabitants in 1808 ; but at prefent aiew Brahmins, who 

 attend the temple, and fome mullafis. who^ake care of . the Jhula, con- 

 ffitute the whole number.. 



October nth,— Thermometer 55Y Noon. 8o\, Night 61% After 



