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Route No. 3.
From AAlCSAE Chin (Turkistan) to A StTMGAL
(Turkistan).
A secondary route, passable for horses.
No villages occur along this route, which is
never used by caravans. Fuel and grass wanting
at several encamping grounds and scarce all
along the route.
AAksde Chin, 35° 52'; 77° 51'; 16,620 ft., the
name of the basin of a lake, periodically filled
with water; scarcely any grass or fuel—Follow
the Karakash river.
Encamp on its banks; (the valley slopes ex-
ceedingly gentle; no fuel or grass)—Descend
the Karakash valley to the salt lake Kiuk-Kiol.
Kiu k- Kiol (15,460 ft.), where grass is to be
found and scanty fuel; but a large supply of
the dung of wild animals, dispersed all along
the shores of the lake, can be collected and
used as fuel. Though the stage is a long one, it
will be found desirable to make it, as other-
wise no grass or fuel will be procurable—
Descend the Karakash river; one mile below
the lake Krak-Kiol pass a large number of
fine hot springs (15,010 ft.).
Encamp on the banks of the Karakash
river; fuel and grass extremely scarce —
A Kafir Dera (14,420 ft.).
A Bashmalgun (14,207 ft.), on the Karakash
river. Fuel plentiful, grass very scarce—Descend
the Karakash valley.
ASikdndar Mokdm (13,864 ft.) Here are
traces of a small fort now entirely deserted and
in ruins—Descend the Karakash valley.
Encamp on the Karakdsh river—k great
many salt-pools are passed—Grass and fuel now
begin to become more abundant—Descend the
Karakash valley.
ROUTES 3—4.
A Sumgal, 36° 8'; 78° 5' (13,215 ft), a tine
pasture ground, with a good supply of fuel.
Almora, various larger routes from,
see under Nainital.
Route No. 4.
From ALMOEA (Kamaon) to BaGESAR (Kamaon).
A principal route, passable for horses.
Road partially made; in some parts bad, but
never difficult for horses.
Literature: Madden, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVI.,
pp. 226-34.—Tables of Routes and Stages, p. 55.—Year-
book of the Panjab for 1854, part II., p. 118.
Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.— Straehey's Kamaon and
GSrhval.
Almora, 29°35'-2; 79°37'-9£; 5,546 ft,—Road
branches off to the left for the tea-plantations
at Havalbagh (see Route No. 6) — Shor — Cross
the Jak nalah (road till here very good)—Steep
descent (very stony) — Ascent to a dharamsala
(road stony), and to the Pfnsholi pass—Descent
— TdlcuJa, 5 hours' march from Almora; a fine
encamping ground under large fir-trees; an old
pagoda in the environs—Cross the Karenjar Jina
pass—Matela— Tsauna — Road branches off to
the left to Bfluri — Cross the Palori pass —
A dharamsala, near which a tepid spring —
Cross the Gumti river by bridge.
Bdgesar, 29° 47'; 79° 45', with a bangalo,
(2,730 ft.); four and a half hours' march from
Takula. From Almora to Bagesar is a very long
and fatiguing march.
Route
from Almora to Nainital,
see NO. 150.
Route No. 3.
From AAlCSAE Chin (Turkistan) to A StTMGAL
(Turkistan).
A secondary route, passable for horses.
No villages occur along this route, which is
never used by caravans. Fuel and grass wanting
at several encamping grounds and scarce all
along the route.
AAksde Chin, 35° 52'; 77° 51'; 16,620 ft., the
name of the basin of a lake, periodically filled
with water; scarcely any grass or fuel—Follow
the Karakash river.
Encamp on its banks; (the valley slopes ex-
ceedingly gentle; no fuel or grass)—Descend
the Karakash valley to the salt lake Kiuk-Kiol.
Kiu k- Kiol (15,460 ft.), where grass is to be
found and scanty fuel; but a large supply of
the dung of wild animals, dispersed all along
the shores of the lake, can be collected and
used as fuel. Though the stage is a long one, it
will be found desirable to make it, as other-
wise no grass or fuel will be procurable—
Descend the Karakash river; one mile below
the lake Krak-Kiol pass a large number of
fine hot springs (15,010 ft.).
Encamp on the banks of the Karakash
river; fuel and grass extremely scarce —
A Kafir Dera (14,420 ft.).
A Bashmalgun (14,207 ft.), on the Karakash
river. Fuel plentiful, grass very scarce—Descend
the Karakash valley.
ASikdndar Mokdm (13,864 ft.) Here are
traces of a small fort now entirely deserted and
in ruins—Descend the Karakash valley.
Encamp on the Karakdsh river—k great
many salt-pools are passed—Grass and fuel now
begin to become more abundant—Descend the
Karakash valley.
ROUTES 3—4.
A Sumgal, 36° 8'; 78° 5' (13,215 ft), a tine
pasture ground, with a good supply of fuel.
Almora, various larger routes from,
see under Nainital.
Route No. 4.
From ALMOEA (Kamaon) to BaGESAR (Kamaon).
A principal route, passable for horses.
Road partially made; in some parts bad, but
never difficult for horses.
Literature: Madden, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVI.,
pp. 226-34.—Tables of Routes and Stages, p. 55.—Year-
book of the Panjab for 1854, part II., p. 118.
Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.— Straehey's Kamaon and
GSrhval.
Almora, 29°35'-2; 79°37'-9£; 5,546 ft,—Road
branches off to the left for the tea-plantations
at Havalbagh (see Route No. 6) — Shor — Cross
the Jak nalah (road till here very good)—Steep
descent (very stony) — Ascent to a dharamsala
(road stony), and to the Pfnsholi pass—Descent
— TdlcuJa, 5 hours' march from Almora; a fine
encamping ground under large fir-trees; an old
pagoda in the environs—Cross the Karenjar Jina
pass—Matela— Tsauna — Road branches off to
the left to Bfluri — Cross the Palori pass —
A dharamsala, near which a tepid spring —
Cross the Gumti river by bridge.
Bdgesar, 29° 47'; 79° 45', with a bangalo,
(2,730 ft.); four and a half hours' march from
Takula. From Almora to Bagesar is a very long
and fatiguing march.
Route
from Almora to Nainital,
see NO. 150.