Travels in Ladâk, Tartary, and Kashmir

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1Appendix. 359

2has to be surmounted. Here the ascent is compara-

3tively steep (9 feet in 100 feetj.

4This ridge Captain Briggs, successor of Kennedy, pro-

5posed to tunnel through, and actually commenced the

6work in January, 1855. It was continued till 1858 by

7him and his successors, but, owing to want of funds,

8progress since that year has been stopped.

9The total length of the Dugshai tunnel when com-

10pleted will be 1950 feet.

11On the north, or Simla side, 700 feet of tunnelling

12has already been completed, of which 240 feet is lined

13with solid masonry. On the south side, a length of

14400 feet has been excavated, leaving 850 feet of tunnel

15unfinished. The cost of this undertaking, as far as it

16has gone, has been 1627^. 8s. The distance saved by

17this tunnel, when completed, will be two miles, two fur-

18longs, and one hundred yards.

19There ia also another tunnel on the Upper Road a

20few miles north of Simla. This is 560 feet in length,

21and is cut through solid rock.

22There are branch roads to the Inilitary stations of

23Kussowlie, Subathao, and Dugshai, and at intervals

24along the road are commodious staging bungalows, or

25houses of rest, for the accommodation of travellers.

26The distance from Kalka to Simla by the Hindostan

27and Thibet road is 54J miles ; add to this the branches