a celebrated pass over the Himalaya Mountains, so called from a village of the same name in the vicinity, in the British district of Kumaon, in the North-West Provinces. The ascent from the southern side is for a great part of the way very steep, over rocks of blue limestone; and on the other side it leads to the valley of the Sutlej, which is here 14,924 feet above the sea-level. The height of the crest of the pass is 16,814 feet above the sea. At this great elevation the rarity of the air has been felt by travellers to produce the most painful effects; and even of those natives who train themselves for the purpose of crossing the mountains, some can never bring themselves to endure it. The pass remains open from the end of June till the middle of October; and during that time the most of the trade between Hindustan and Chinese Tartary is carried on by it; the merchandise being conveyed on the backs of yaks, goats, and sheep.