mouth by boat along the Gang (Ganges). They firmly believe that, if its water touch a person, the merit of his works is destroyed; with this belief its name accords.1 I went some way up it by boat, turned back, went over to the north bank of Gang, and tied up. There the braves made a little fun, some wrestling. Muhsin the cup-bearer challenged, saying, " I will grapple with four or five." The first he gripped, he threw; the second, who was Shadman (Joyous), threw him, to Muhsin's shame and vexation. The (professional) wrestlers came also and set to.
{April 2nd) Next morning, Satun lay (23rd) we moved, close to the 1st watch (6 a.m.), in order to get people off to look at the ford through the Karma-nasa-water. I rode up it for not less than a kuroh (2 m.), but the ford being still far on,2 took boat and went to the camp below Chausa.
Today I used the pepper remedy again ; it must have been somewhat hotter than before, for it blistered {qdpdrdi) my body, giving me much pain.
{April 3rd) We waited a day for a road to be managed across a smallish, swampy rivulet heard to be ahead.3
{April 4-th) On the eve of Monday {23th) * letters were written and sent off in answer to those brought by the Hindustani footman of 'Abdu'l-'azlz.
The boat I got into at Monday's dawn, had to be towed because of the wind. On reaching the ground opposite Baksara (Buxar) where the army had been seated many days last year.S we went over to look at it. Between 40 and 50 landing-steps had been then made on the bank ; of them the upper two only were left, the river having destroyed the rest. Ma'jun was eaten after return to the boat. We tied up at an drdl6 above the camp, set the champions to wrestle, and went on at the Bed-time Prayer. A year ago {yil-tur), an excursion had been made to look at the ground on which the camp now was, I passing through Gang
' Karma-nasa means loss of the merit acquired by good works. * The I. S. Map marks a main road leading to the mouth of the Karma-nasa and no other leading to the river for a considerable distance up-stream. ' Perhaps " Thora-nadee" (I.S. Map).
4 Anglice, Sunday after 6 p.m.
5 autkan yll.
■~t IJerhaps the du-aba between the Ganges and " Thora-nadee ".
