1232 Account of Captain Hodgson’s Journey to the 
pose to be the cedar of Lebanon , is the largest, most noble, and 
durable of all trees. 
u The situation of the village on the east side of a mountain, 
the summit of which is covered with snow, and the foot washed 
by the Bhdgirafhi , is very pleasant. It commands a noble view 
of the Sri Canta, , and other adjoining peaks of the Himalaya , 
on which the snow for ever rests. Snow also remains until the 
rains, on all the mountains of the second order, which are visible 
hence both up and down the river. Many cascades are formed 
by the melting of the snows on the foot of the surrounding 
mountains. One, in particular, descends in repeated falls of 
several hundred feet each, from the summit of a mountain across 
the river, and joins it near Batheri 
“ May 21. — -The travellers proceeded from Reital to Tuwar - 
ra ; crossed the Soar river on a Sang a, five paces in length; 
observed some micaceous iron-ore on the Salang Mountain. 
From Soar river to above Tuwarra the path is exceedingly 
rugged. The mountains are of granite, with various propor- 
tions of quartz and feldspar. 
“ May 22. — Marched in 5 hours and 48 minutes from Tu- 
warra to Dangal, a very laborious journey. Crossed the Elgie 
Gdhr torrent by a Sanga fifteen feet long. On the opposite 
side of the Ganges observed a range of hot springs, which 
throw' up clouds of steam, and deposit a ferruginous sediment. 
Crossed the Ganges to Dangal by a Sanga , made of two stout 
pine spars, laid from rock to rock. 
tc May 23. — Arrived at Suci, from Dangal , after a very long 
and laborious march, in seven hours. Crossed the river by 
three Sangas. Scenery in general grand, and particularly 
sublime at the falls of Lakori Naig\ v 7 here there is a frightful 
granite cliff of solid rock above 800 feet high, which has been 
undermined at its base by the stream. Observed in their route 
pines erf various kinds, and the true deal fir ; and, near Lahori 
Naig, a calcareous rill, which encrusts every thing it touches 
with pure lime : this is singular in a region of granite. Suc% a 
small decaying village, surrounded on all sides by the Himalaya 
rocky precipices, covered with snow. 
64 May 24.— Marched to Derail by a generally excellent 
mountain path. Crossed the Ganges on a good Sanga : crossed 
