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ALMÔRA : ROUTE 5.

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Route No. 5.

From ALM6RA (Kämäon) to PETORAGkRH (Kämäon).

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

A.

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

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

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.—Strachey's Kämäon and Gärhväl.

Almôra, 29° 35'.2; 79° 37'.9 6; 5,546 ft. — Descend to the Sval river — Cross it on iron suspension bridge called Bishéshar—Ascent Bandani Dévi (fine view from here of Almôra and the snowy range) — Giina pani pass (road now very level).

D o 1, a bângalo, very small and bad (ab. 6,100 ft.), 15 miles from Almôra=--Ascend to Saur Pâthka, 3 miles from Dol—Paya pani, 7 miles from Déo Dhnra — Continue along the crest of a ridge (road in general very good)—Steep ascent.

Déo Dhzcra, or Dr; a bângalo (6,867 ft.), 17 miles from Dol; rather a long stage, with few villages on the road, though many lie close by—Descend to Gârsa Lekh (road good, but tortuous) — Pati Ja ilari, 6 miles from Fârka bângalo (here is a fine cedar grove and shrine).

Fdrka, a bângalo (5,827 ft.), 13 miles from Déo Dhnra—Fort Hastings.

B a i k ô t, a bângalo, 10 miles from Farka. Close to Raikdt lies Lohughat—Pass the Sûi groves of deodar cedars-Jirkûna, 31/2 miles from Raikût — Jângi ka Kâtki —A very steep descent — Dargara, a bângalo, containing two rooms only, 9 miles from Railait (from Dargara an excursion may be made to the Râmesar temple

and bridge, but, a few months of the year excepted, the heat is excessive)—Cross the Sârju river.

Ka n t h a g a û, a bângalo on the left bank of the Saiju river (3,900 ft.), 8 miles from Dargara (Raikflt to Kanthagâü is a rather long stage) —Gung, 1 mile from Kanthagâû (road very bad) —Thôki (from here a good 'path leads up to the Thâkil mountain, or Thalkedâr, as it is called in the Shor valley)—Cross the Thôki pass — Thtirkôt.

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

B.

Almôra to Petoragdrh by Jâgesar.

A secondary route, passable for horses. Literature: Tables of Routes and Stages, p. 54.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.—Strachey's Kämäon and Gärhvâl.

Almôra, 29° 35'•2; 79° 37'•9; 5,546 ft.—Cross the Svâl river—Cross two of its affluents — Châni, 1 mile from Sûpi.

Sip i, 8 miles from Almôra, (an easy stage)--

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Sirm li.

Jé gesar, on the left bank of the Jâgesar river, an affluent of the Sarju river, 12 miles from Stipi — Continue along the Jagesar • river Mahari—Neali — Cross the Sa ju river by an iron suspension bridge.

G a n y o t i h a t h, 16 miles from Jâgesar —Cross the Ramgânga river.

Bans, 9 miles from Gangolihâth.

Pe t o r ay d r h, 9 miles from Bans. (For details see part A of this route.)

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