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Route No. 5.

From ALMÓRA (Kámáon) to PETORAGÁRH (Kámáon).

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

A.

Almóra to Petoragárh by Dol.

A principal route, passable for horses.

Literature: Madden, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII.,
part I., pp. 508—609. — Year-book of the Panjáb for
1854, part II., p. 115.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66. — Strachey's Kámáon and
Gárhvál.

Almóra, 29° 35′·2; 79° 37′·9 8; 5,546 ft. —
Descend to the Sval river — Cross it on iron
suspension bridge called Bishéshar — Ascent —
Baudáni Dévi (fine view from here of Almóra
and the snowy range) — Gúna páni pass (road
now very level).

Dol, a bángalo, very small and bad (ab. 6,100 ft.),
15 miles from Almóra — Ascend to Sáur Páthka,
3 miles from Dol — Piya páni, 7 miles from Déo
Dhúra — Continue along the crest of a ridge
(road in general very good) — Steep ascent.

Déo Dhúra, or Di, a bángalo (6,867 ft.),
17 miles from Dol; rather a long stage, with
few villages on the road, though many lie
close by — Descend to Gársa Lekh (road good,
but tortuous) — Páti Jáulari, 6 miles from Déo
Dhúra — bángalo (here is a fine cedar grove and shrine).

Fárka, a bángalo (5,827 ft.), 13 miles from Déo
Dhúra — Fort Hastings.

Raikót, a bángalo, 10 miles from Fárka. Close
to Raikót lies Lohughát — Pass the Sái groves
of deodar cedars — Jirkána, 3½ miles from Rai-
kót — Jángi ka Kátki — A very steep descent
— Dargára, a bángalo, containing two rooms
only, 9 miles from Raikót (from Dargára an
excursion may be made to the Rámesar temple

III. 5

and bridge, but, a few months of the year ex-
cepted, the heat is excessive) — Cross the Sárju
river.

Kanthagáü, a bángalo on the left bank of
the Sárju river (3,900 ft.), 8 miles from Dargára
(Raikót to Kanthagáü is a rather long stage)
— Gung, 1 mile from Kanthagán (road very bad)
— Thóki (from here a good path leads up to
the Thákil mountain, or Thalkelár, as it is
called in the Shor valley) — Cross the Thóki pass
— Thórkot.

Petoragárh, 29° 36′; 80° 11′; 5,549 ft., in the
Shor valley; a fine fort, 12 miles from Kanthagáü
(an easy stage). — Sixteen miles E. of Petora-
gárh, the Káli 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.

Almóra to Petoragárh by Jágesar.

A secondary route, passable for horses.

Literature: Tables of Routes and Stages, p. 54.

Maps: Indian Atlas, sheet 66. — Strachey's Kámáon and
Gárhvál.

Almóra, 29° 35′·2; 79° 37′·9 8; 5,546 ft. —
Cross the Svál river — Cross two of its affluents
— Cháni, 1 mile from Súpi.

Súpi, 8 miles from Almóra (an easy stage) —
Sirwóli.

Jágesar, on the left bank of the Jágesar river,
an affluent of the Sárju river, 12 miles from
Súpi — Continue along the Jágesar river —
Mahári — Neáli — Cross the Sárju river by an
iron suspension bridge.

Gangoliháth, 16 miles from Jágesar — Cross
the Ramgánga river.

Bans, 9 miles from Gangoliháth.

Petoragárh, 9 miles from Bans. (For details
see part A of this route.)