296 Messrs A. and P. Gerard\s Account of a Journey 
Kotkhaee is the residence of the Kotgoon Rana, a hill chiefs 
under the protection of the British Government. It is situated 
on a most romantic spot, on a point below which two streams 
unite to form the Giree : on one side, the rock is 182 feet per- 
pendicular, and on the other there is a long flight of stone steps; 
neither of the streams, which are only 20 feet broad, are forda- 
ble, so that, by destroying the bridges, the place might be well 
defended against musketry. The liana’s residence is 3 storeys 
high, and has a most imposing appearance ; each storey projects 
beyond the one beneath it, and the top is crowned by a couple 
of handsome Chinese turrets, beautifully adorned with finely 
carved . wooden work . 
%%th September . — Marched to Gujyndee, 8 miles. The road 
at first lay up the rocky bed of one of the branches of the Giree, 
and then came a very steep and tiresome ascent to Dervisee Pass, 
from whence there was a descent to camp. Gujyndee is in Na- 
war, a small district of Buschur, famed for its numerous iron 
mines ; there are few spots here fit for cultivating, and the inha- 
bitants, who are all miners, live by their trade in iron. They 
work the mines only about three months in the year ; and com- 
mence digging them in March, after the snow has sufficiently 
melted ; at other times they say the earth falls in, and it is un- 
safe to work. 
9nth September . — Proceeded to Rooroo, a fatiguing march of 
13 miles, crossing a high range of mountains. Here we first 
came upon the Pubur, one of the feeders of the Icus, which 
falls into the Jumna, and a stream of considerable size. Baro- 
metrical observations gave the extreme height of its bed 5100 
feet. 
Rooroo is situated in Choara, one of the large divisions of 
Buschur, and the most populous and best cultivated spot I have 
seen in the hills: the dell is broad, and the ground is well adapt- 
ed for rice fields, being watered by many cuts from the river, 
which winds through it. Two marches more, or 26 miles, 
brought me to Jangleeg, the last and highest village in the val- 
ley of the Pubur, elevated 9200 feet above the sea. The road 
latterly was extremely rugged and dangerous ; at one time many 
hundred feet above the river, with a horrid precipice on the right, 
and, at another, dipping down to the stream, which rushes with 
