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DÂB—DAL : ROUTES 50-52.   51

Tirthapûri, 31° 11'; 80° 34'. Close to Tirtha- Shklkar, 32° 0'; 78° 32'; 10,272 ft., 12 miles

pûri are fine hot springs.   from Nâko, on the right bank of the Pin river.

Route No. 50.

From DÂBA (Gnâri Khôrsum) to T6LING
(Gnari Khôrsum).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Maps: Cunningham's Pénjab and Western Himalaya. — Strachey's Kömâon and Gârhvâl.

Dâba, 31° 14'; 79° 39'—QPâru—Khângsar.

0 D Ocala, on the right bank of the Mângnang river—Cross the Mângnang river.

Ming, 31° 27'; 79° 32', on the left bank of the Sâtlej river (level of the river 12,369 ft.).

Route

from DÂBLING to MÔRANG,
see No. 142.

Route No. 51.

From DÂBLING (Kânâur) to SHÂLKAR (Spiti).
A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawur, p. 281.—Hoffmeister's Briefe aus Indien, pp. 305-11. — Thomson's Western Himalaya, p. 109-12.—Year-book of the PAnjab for 1853.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawur.

D â b ling, 31° 45'; 78° 37'; 9,311 ft., on the left bank of the Sâtlej river.

Nâmgia (8,371 ft.), on the left bank of the Sâtlej river, 9 miles from Dâbling (road good and even, always close to the left bank of the Sâtlej river)—Cross the Sâtlej river.

Nd k o (11,975 ft), an easy stage — Chango, 10 miles from Nâko—Cross the Piti river.

Route No. 52.

From DÂBLING (Kânâurj to SHÎPKI
(Gnarl Khôrsum).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawur, pp. 281-5. — Herbert, in As. Res., Vol. XV., pp. 368-80.— Hoffmeister's Briefe aus Indien, pp. 305-15.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawur.

Dâbling, 31° 45'; 78° 37'; 9,311 ft., on the left bank of the S ,tlej river.

Nâmgia (8,371 ft.),1 on the left bank of the Sâtlej river, 9 miles from Dâbling (road good and even, always close to the left bank of the Sâtlej river)—Short ascent—Steep descent to the Up-sang rivér—Cross the Piming pass, 13,518 ft. (a tiresome and rocky ascent, but a moderate descent as far as Shikpi).

Shipki, 31° 49'; 78° 44'; 10,454 ft., near the left bank of the Sutlej river (level of the river 9,267 ft.).

Route

from DÂBLING to SIINGNAM,
see No. 218.

DALHOUSIE, a newly erected sanitarium, in the outer parts of the Châmba range, is best reached from Amritsar in the Pânjâb. A road from this town to Pathânkôt (1,162 ft.) is being made, and from the latter point to Dalhousie the road is already completed. The whole distance may

Another, but more difficult route, leads from Nâmgia to Shipki, by crossing the Kdngma pass (16,007 ft.).

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