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Route No. 6.

From Almóra (Kámáon) to Sómesar (Kámáon).

A principal route, passable for horses.

*Literature:* Madden, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part I., pp. 609–12. – Year-book of the Panjáb for 1855, part II., p. 118.

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

*Almóra,* 29° 35'·2; 79° 37'·9·5; 5,546 ft. —
*Havalbágh* (4,114 ft.), tea-plantations, 12 miles from Almóra—Continue along the right bank of the Kosilla river.
*Sómesar,* 29° 47'; 79° 35'; ab. 4,700 ft., 18 miles from Almóra; a long stage.

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Andishán, routes to and from, *see*
Osh to Táshkend. **No. 163.**

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Route No. 7.

From Askót (Kámáon) to Gárbia (Kámáon).

A principal route, chiefly used by the Biáns people, passable for horses.

*Literature:* Strachey, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XVII., part II., pp. 96–114.

*Maps:* Indian Atlas, sheet 66. – Strachey's Kámáon and Gárhvál, and his map to illustrate the journey to Rákas Tal.

*Askót,* 29° 46'; 80° 19'; 5,089 ft., 2 miles W. of the Góri river, near its confluence with the Káli river (level of the confluence 2,059 ft.).
*Gárjia Ghát—Dharchúla* (ab. 2,750 ft.)
*Baleakót* } small villages; supplies scanty.
*Relagárh* }
*Kéla,* or *Sialpánth* (ab. 4,750 ft.), on the right bank of the Káli river, near its junction with the Dáuli river—Cross the Dáuli river—Steep ascent.

*Titila,* or *Titil* (ab. 8,000 ft.), 5½ hours' march from Kéla—Cross the Róling Dhúra pass (ab. 10,000 ft.), a long ascent, but an easy one—Bunbún.
*Gála,* a hamlet, 2 miles W. of the Káli river, with two or three houses, occasionally even uninhabited, 7 hours' march from Titila—Cross the Nirpánia Dhúra pass (ascent tolerably steep, path mostly in steps, but in good order)—△ Dandanhyár (a miserable little ledge).
△ *Golám La* (ab. 8,000 ft.), 6 hours' march from Gála.
△ *Lamáre,* on the right bank of the Káli river, 6¼ hours' march from △ Golám La—Continue to ascend the Káli valley—Cross the Pákti and 2 miles later the Palangár rivers.
*Búdhi,* on the right bank of the Káli river.—Ascend the Chéto Bináik pass (10,500 ft.)
*Gárbia,* 30° 7'; 80° 48'; 10,272 ft., near the left bank of the Káli river.

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Route No. 8.

From Askót (Kámáon) to Ímla (Kámáon).

A secondary route, rarely taken, impassable for horses.

*Maps:* Indian Atlas, sheet 66.—Strachey's Kámáon and Gárhvál; no trace of a route is indicated on any of these maps.

*Askót,* 29° 46'; 80° 19'; 5,089 ft., 2 miles W. of the Góri river, near its confluence with the Káli river (level of the confluence 2,059 ft.). Here provisions are to be collected for the next two marches.
*Camp* } road leads through jungles up the Góri
*Camp* } valley. No villages are met with as far as Kanár—Tibli.
*Shérra* (supplies extremely scanty).
*Camp* (no supplies).
*Ímla,* 30° 2'; 80° 2', near the right bank of the Góri river.