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CIIAP. ir.
THE HIMILAYA.
37
peated some lines of a Persian poet which he was
reading at school. Little fellow ! he is growing up
to witness scenes of blood, at all events of alteration,
in this land.
At a distance of about twenty miles from the
river, we again sighted the towering Himilaya,
which burst forth in all their glory. They were
the mountains over Bimbur, on the road to Cash-
meer, where Bernier had deplored his sufferings
from the heat, now over-topped with snow. It is
impossible to look on these mountains without feel-
ings of delight; for they afford a relief to the eye
after the monotony of the vast plains of the Punjab.
Judging from the heights which have been deter-
mined more to the eastward, they cannot be lower
than 16,000 feet. It is difficult to estimate their
distance, since the map gives no correct notion of
the range. Making every allowance, the loftiest of
them could not be nearer than 160 miles, and sub-
tended an angle of 51 minutes. There was scarcely
a single peak, or feature, in any way remarkable
throughout the range. May not this regular linea-
tion indicate a trap or limestone formation ?
We reached the banks of the Chenab, or Ace-
sines, at llamnuggur, a small town, the favourite
resort of Runjeet Sing, and where he has often
mustered his troops when proceeding on his cam-
paigns beyond the Indus. It stands on a spacious
plain where he can exercise his troops. The name
of the place has been altered from Russool to Ram-
nuggur since the Mahommedan supremacy has
been overthrown. The one name signifies the city
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THE HIMILAYA.
37
peated some lines of a Persian poet which he was
reading at school. Little fellow ! he is growing up
to witness scenes of blood, at all events of alteration,
in this land.
At a distance of about twenty miles from the
river, we again sighted the towering Himilaya,
which burst forth in all their glory. They were
the mountains over Bimbur, on the road to Cash-
meer, where Bernier had deplored his sufferings
from the heat, now over-topped with snow. It is
impossible to look on these mountains without feel-
ings of delight; for they afford a relief to the eye
after the monotony of the vast plains of the Punjab.
Judging from the heights which have been deter-
mined more to the eastward, they cannot be lower
than 16,000 feet. It is difficult to estimate their
distance, since the map gives no correct notion of
the range. Making every allowance, the loftiest of
them could not be nearer than 160 miles, and sub-
tended an angle of 51 minutes. There was scarcely
a single peak, or feature, in any way remarkable
throughout the range. May not this regular linea-
tion indicate a trap or limestone formation ?
We reached the banks of the Chenab, or Ace-
sines, at llamnuggur, a small town, the favourite
resort of Runjeet Sing, and where he has often
mustered his troops when proceeding on his cam-
paigns beyond the Indus. It stands on a spacious
plain where he can exercise his troops. The name
of the place has been altered from Russool to Ram-
nuggur since the Mahommedan supremacy has
been overthrown. The one name signifies the city
d 3