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0162 Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia : vol.3
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Revát.

Márri, 33° 51′·0; 73° 22′·7F; 6,963 ft. (a short
march).

Route
from Úri to Srinâgar,
see No. 207.

Route No. 238.

From Ussílla, or Oshól (Gárhvál) to Chétkul
(Gárhvál).

A secondary route, impassable for horses.—
Road bad and difficult; no villages are met with
all along this route; even fuel is scarce.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheets 47 (second edition) and 65.

Ussílla, or Oshól, 31° 7′·6; 78° 18′·2F;
8,940 ft., on the right bank of the Tons river.

△ Hárpu, at the confluence of two rivers;
wood to be collected here for the next march.

△ Shaunibira, at the foot of the Shógla
glacier; no wood — Cross the Shógla glacier
pass. The ridge in which the Shógla pass is
situated is called by the Barássu people Ta
Dankár.

△ Búnga, on the left side of the glacier; the
end of the glacier is lower still, but scarcely
reached on this day's march: hardly any wood
at △ Búnga.

△ Tsoirái; here wood.

△ Tsándur Gad; wood plentiful.

Chétkul, 31° 20′; 78° 36′; 11,480 ft., on the
Báspa river (level of the river 11,275 ft.).

Route
from Ussílla to Khársáli,
see No. 104.

Route
from Ussílla to Kidarkánta,
see No. 106.

Route No. 239.

From Vángtu Bridge (Simla) to Chíni (Kánáur).

A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawar, pp. 220-32.— Hutton, in
Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. VIII., part II., pp. 216-22.—
Jacquemont's Journal, Vol. II., pp. 205-11.— Tables of
Routes and Stages, pp. 317-18.— Thomson's Western
Himálaya, pp. 66-78.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawar.—Indian Atlas, sheet 47 (sec-
ond edition).

Vángtu bridge, 31° 37′; 77° 54′F, at the con-
fluence of the Sátlej and the Vángar rivers (level
of the bridge 4,932 ft.)—Cross the Sátlej river
—Cross the Vángar river—Ascent—Descend to
the Sátlej river.

Chegáû; an easy stage—Ascent—Descent—
Árni—Cross the Yúla nálah.

Míru (8,550 ft.), 3 miles N. of the Sátlej river
(an easy march); from Vángtu to Míru may
be done in one day, but the distance exceeds
16 miles. (Road very winding.)—Steep ascent
—Descent to cross a stream—Long ascent—
Rógi (9,096 ft.), near the right bank of the
Sátlej river, 9 miles from Míru—Continue along
the right bank of the Sátlej river.

Chíni, 31° 31′·9; 78° 14′·3&; 9,096 ft., near the
right bank of the Sátlej river. (A rather long
march from Míru to Chíni.)