228 Mr Bailiie Fraser on the Hmialaya Mountains^ 
jet is both heard and seen as it plays under the surface of tlie 
pool. * ^ Here all the people bathed, while the pundit said 
prayers, and received his dues ; and here also I bathed, was 
prayed over, and submitted to be marked by the sacred mud 
of the hot springs on the forehead like the rest, and of course 
w'as obliged to make m,y present to the priest for his ministry^’ 
P. 429. 
Account of Gungootree^ or the Source of the Ganges. 
‘‘ Below Goureecounda, the river falls over a rock of consi- 
derable height in its bed, aiid continues tumbling over a succes- 
sion of petty cascades or rapids nearly the whole way to Mianee- 
ke-Gadjhf Above the debouche of the Ked or Gunga, the bed 
widens into a small shingly space, in w'hich the river rapidly 
rolls. J ust at the gorge of this space, a bridge has been thrown 
across, which is formed of two parts, the interior ends of the 
beams resting on a large rock in the centre ; and just above the 
bridge, in a bay formed by a neck of the river in this shingly 
space, fifteen feet above the stream, is situated the small temple 
or mut dedicated to the goddess Gunga or Bhagiruttee. 
In former times no temple made with hands was provided 
for the worship of the deity ; but within these few years Um- 
mer Sing T,happa, the chief of the Goorkha conquerors, appro- 
priated 400 or 500 rupees for the erection of the small build- 
ing which is now placed there. * * » The temple is situated 
precisely on the sacred stone on which Bhagiruttee used to wor- 
ship Mahadeo, and is a small building of a square shape, for 
about 12 feet high, and rounding in, in the usual form of pago- 
daSj to the top. It is quite plain, painted white, with red 
mouldings, and surmounted with the usual melon shaped orna- 
ments of those buildings. From the eastern face of the square, 
which is turned nearly to the sacred road, there is a small pro- 
jection covered with a stone roof, in which is the entrance fa- 
cing the east ,* and just opposite to tills, there is a small pagoda- 
shaped temple to Bhyramjee. The whole is surrounded by a 
wall of unhewn stone and lime, and the space this contains is 
paved with fiat stones. In this space, too, there is a comfor- 
table but small house for the residence of the brahmins who 
come to ofliciate. "Without the enclosure, there are tvro or three 
