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SAT—SHÂ : ROUTES 184, 185.

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Satgdrh, 29° 39'; 80° 14', near the. top of a pass (ab. 6,000 ft.)—Cross the Singhâli Khan pass (ascent for 4 miles steep; bad path).

Askdt, 29° 46'; 80° 19'; 5,089 ft., 2 miles W. of the Gôri river, near its confluence with the Kali river (level of the confluence 2,059 ft.). It is a rather long stage from Satgâ,rh to Askôt.

Route No. 184.

From SATGLRH (Kamaon) to IMLA (Kämaon).

A secondary route, passable for horses, but only with great difficulty.

Literature: Year-book of the Panjab for 1854, part II., p. 116.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66.—Strachey's Kâmaon and Gârhv€il.

Satgdrh, 29° 39'; 80° 14', near the top of a pass'(ab. 6,000 ft.)—Cross the Singhâli Khan pass.

Dinanâth, near the Bhâga Ling temple (7,635 ft.), 18 miles from the Singhâli Khan pass. A very long march. Road from the Singhâli Khan pass to Dinanâth good, running along the crest of the mountains, with scarcely any ascent, or descent—Cross a pass (extremely difficult passages for ponies; if not first-rate animals, quite impassable).

Barkânda, 16 miles from Dinanâth; a very fatiguing march. Bârkânda lies in MunshâriAscend immediately on starting—Steep descent to the river at Hnpali (it joins the Ramgânga river near Nachani).

Kohh, on the Hvpali river (also called Bujgara)

• Continue for the first mile along the valley

• Cross with steep ascent a pass (ab. 10,000 ft.; beautiful view).

Saûmri, a small hamlet of eight. houses— Continue along the N.E. slopes of the Ham peak (road rugged and difficult; the Ham peak attains a height of 9,919 ft.).

Imla, 30° 2'; 80° 2', near the right bank of the Gôri river.

Route

from SATGÂRH to PETORAGÂRH,

see No. 167.

Route

from SHÂLKAR to DABLING,

see No. 51.

Route No. 185.

From SHÂLKAR (Spiti) to DANKHAR, or
DRÂNKHAR (Spiti).

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawur, pp. 296-8. — Hutton, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. IX., part I., pp. 489-98. — Jacquemont's Journal, Vol. II., pp. 346-53.—Journ. As. Soc; Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., p. 109. — Thomson's Western Himalaya, pp. 122-6.

Maps: Cunningham's Pânjâb and Western Himalaya. — Gerard's Koonawur. — Waugh and Thuillier's Pânjfih and adjoining countries.

Shalkar, 32° 0'; 78° 32'; 10,272 ft., on the right bank of the Pin river—Cross the Pin river (10,582 ft.).

L â r i , on the left bank of the Pin river ; an ordinary march—Continue along the left bank of the Piti valley—Tûbo, 3 miles from Lari.

Pog (12,095 ft.), 9 miles from Lari.

Dânkhar, or Drdnkhar, 32° 6'; 78° 13'; 12,774 ft., near the right bank of the T6di chu river, 10 miles from Pog. No village occurs between Pog and Dankbar.

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