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130   _   61I—VA1.T : ROUTES 238, 239.

Bevdt.

Marri, 33° 51'. 0 ; 73° 22'. 7 F; 6,963 ft. (a short march).

Route

from URI to SRINÂGAR,
see No. 207.

Route No. 238.

From USSiLLA, or OSH6L. (Gârhval) to CHÉTKUL

(Gärhval).

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.

Ussilla, or Oshôl, 31° 7'.6; 78° 18'.2 8,940 ft., on the right bank of the Tons river.

•  Hd rp u; at the confluence of two rivers ; wood to be collected here for the next march.

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Sit a u n i b it a, at the foot of the Sh6gla glacier; no wood — Cross the Sh6gla glacier pass. The ridge in which the Sh6gla pass is situated is called by the Barâssu people Ta Dankâr.

A Bûnga, 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 p Bûnga.

•  Tsoirdi; here wood..

•  Tsdndur Gad; wood plentiful.

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

Route

from USSILLA to KHÂRSALI,
see No. 104.

Route

from USSÎLLA to KIDARKANTA,

see No. 106.

Route No. 239.

From VÂNGTU BRIDGE (Simla) to CHiNI (Känâur).

A principal route, passable, for horses.

Literature: Gerard's Koonawur, pp. 220132. Hutt* in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. VIII., part II., pp. 916-22. — Jacquemont's Journal, Vol. II., pp. 205-11.—Tables old Routes and Stages, pp. 317-18. — Thomson's Western Himalaya, pp. 66-78.

Maps: Gerard's Koonawur.—Indian Atlas, sheet 47 (second edition).

Vângtu bridge, 31° 37'; 77° 54' 1, at the confluence of the Satlej and the Vângar rivers (level of the bridge 4,932 ft.) — Cross the Satlej river —Cross the Vângar river — Ascent—Descend to

the Sàtlej river.   . .

Citeg4ü; an easy stage — Ascent — Descent — Ârni — Cross the Yûla nalah.

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

Chini, 31° 31'.9; 78° 14'•31; 9,096 ft., near the right bank of the Satlej river. (A rather long march from Miru to Chfni.)