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road ascends for eight miles, the first half being 
through rich cultivation, and afterwards through Pine 
forest. Luru Ldri is about 8600 feet above the sea ; we 
had ascended in eight miles 8600 feet, and were now on 
the very top of the ridge, which is beautifully wooded. 
We halted here till the afternoon, and then went on 
seven miles to Balot, the regular halting-place, where 
there is a rest-house which overlooks the valley of 
the Chendb river. 
Balot is about 2500 feet above the sea, and about 
500 feet above the river Chenab, which we crossed 
next day by a rickety wooden bridge, marching nine 
miles to Bdm Ban, where there is a very comfortable 
rest-house on the banks of the river, and some gardens 
kept up by the Maharajah. Here we changed our 
porters and baggage animals. The valley of the 
Chenab is here very beautiful, being well wooded ; 
most of the cultivated trees of the Panjab are here 
indigenous, and the tops of the hills are covered with 
Pine trees. 
Next day we marched up a very steep hill for six 
miles, and for four miles more along a shady ravine 
to Edm Su, where we halted the following day to 
allow the servants and baggage to overtake us. 
Up to this point very little animal life was visible 
in the woods. I had seen no mammals, and almost 
no birds that are not common in the plains. At 
Earn Su the "Black Bulbul," the "Yellow-billed 
whistling thrush," and the " Yellow-billed blue Mag- 
pie" were common, as well as several others. The 
crow of the plains, Corvus splendens, had been replaced 
by the Black Hill crow Corvus intermedius, and soon 
after this we saw the Jackdaw. At Eam Su my 
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