Schlagintweit, Hermann von; Schlagintweit, Adolf; Schlagintweit, Robert von: Results of a scientific mission to India and High Asia: undertaken between the years MDCCCLIV and MDCCCLVIII, by order of the court of directors of the hon. East India Company (Band 3): Route-book of the western parts of the Himálaya, Tibet, and Central Asia: and geographical glossary from the languages of India and Tibet, including the phonetic transcription and interpretation (Leipzig, 1863)

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Route No. 5. and bridge, but, a few months of the year ex-

cepted, the heat is excessive)—Cross the Sarju
river.

From ALMORA (K&m&on) to PETORAGARH (Kamaon).

There are two different routes; the one by Dol,
which, though longer, is the best and generally
taken; the other by Jagesar.

A.

Almora to Petoragarh by Dol.
A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Madden, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII.,
parti., pp.598—609.—Year-book of the Punjab for
1854, part II., p. 115.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66. — Strachey's Kamaon and
Garhval.

Almora, 29° 35'-2; 79° 37'-9£; 5,546 ft.—
Descend to the Sval river — Cross it on iron
suspension bridge called Bisheshar—Ascent —
Banddni Devi (fine view from here of Almora
and the snowy range) — Guna pani pass (road
now very level).

Dol, & bangalo, very small and bad (ab. 6,100 ft.),
15 miles from Almora—Ascend to Saur Pathka,
3 miles from Dol—Pdya pant, 7 miles from Deo
Dhura— Continue along the crest of a ridge
(road in general very good)—Steep ascent.

Deo Dhura, or Di, a bangalo (6,867 ft.),

K until a g du, a bangalo on the left bank of
the Sarju river (3,900 ft.), 8 miles from Dargara
(Raikdt to Kanthagau is a rather long stage)

— Gung, 1 mile from Kanthagau (road very bad)
—Thoki (from here a good path leads up to
the Thakil mountain, or Thalkedar, as it is
called in the Shor valley)—Cross the Thoki pass

— Th&rJcot.

Petoragarh, 29° 36'; 80° 11'; 5,549 ft., in the
Shor valley; a fine fort, 12 miles from Kanthagau
(an easy stage). — Sixteen miles E. of Petora-
garh, the Kali river is passed by an iron sus-
pension bridge (span 180 ft.); this river forms
the boundary between the British and Nepalese
dominions (level of the river 1,875 ft.).

B.

Almora to Petoragarh by Jagesar.
A secondary route, passable for horses.
Literature: Tables of Routes and Stages, p. 54.
Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.— Strachey's Kamaon and
Garhval.

Almora, 29° 35'-2; 79° 37'-9S; 5,546 ft.-
Cross the Sval river— Cross two of its affluents

— Chani, 1 mile from Supi.

! i miles from Dol; rather a long stage, with --------—————— , ^

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few villages on the road, though many he
close by—Descend to Garsa Lekh (road good,

but tortuous) - Pdti Jdulari, 6 miles from Farka j E_ ^jffi^ f6^1 1Ue1'

, , . . =Nr"*m I miles from

bangalo (here is a fine cedar grove and shrine).

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Parka, a bangalo (5,827 ft,), 13 miles from Deo i ^ B ^ l-iver by an

Dhura—Fort Hastings.

Raikdt, a bangalo, 10 miles from Farka. Close
to Raikdt lies Lohughat—Pass the Sui groves
of deodar cedars—Jirkuna, 3 ]/2 miles from Rai-
kdt— Jangi ka Katki — A very steep descent
— Dargara, a bangalo, containing two rooms
only, 9 miles from Raikdt (from Dargara an
excursion may be made to the Ramesar temple

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