1 CH. v.] JOURNEY TO LADAKH. 149
2 Id a hut on the plain of Jaysinh, near a new
3 palace which Anirudh Rai is building.
4 On the 23rd I moved at nine, and soon
5 crossed the rivulet of fiijapur, which skirts
6 the foot of the heights, on which stands the
7 palace, formerly defended by a square fort be-
8 tween it and the river : towers were erected on
9 eminences commanding the approach^ and
10 the ascent from the river led through a strong
11 gateway. The road skirts the foot of the
12 mountains for above a mile, crossing another
13 nala, and then turns off from the right bank
14 of the Byas, leading through Tumiana Ghat
15 to a flat with a temple and grove of mango
16 trees : the spot is called Amal Tappa, and is
17 about a kos and a half from Bijapur.
18 The path led hence northward, up an
19 ascent to Sidhchaori, taking an hour and
20 twenty-five minutes; ten minutes more
21 brought us to some heights from which the
22 jangal had been cleared, and which were laid
23 out in terraces for cultivation. Farm-houses
24 were scattered about upon the summits and
25 slopes, and the scene offered an agreeable
26 contrast to the rough thicket from which we
27 had just emerged. This district is called
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