242 x 298 mm. View looking along a narrow gorge of the Ganges, with pines and other vegetation growing on the steep slopes. Bhairamghati is a few miles north of the source of the Ganges, ‘After about two miles it [the path] again crossed to the right bank by a similar bridge thrown over a remarkable chasm. This was at a place called Bhairamghati, though there was no village or sign of a house - in fact, there was no room for any. The river here poured through a valley so narrow that it might almost be called a gorge, the sides formed by steep mountains, which towered to an enormous height, so high that their summits could not be seen from below. Where the bridge was thrown across, the river had worn a narrow channel in the solid granite about 12 feet wide, and not less than 50 feet deep, through which it rushed with great fury, making one almost giddy to stand on the little unguarded bridge and look down. It is seldom one comes across a scene so grand as this spot presented. On my return I took a picture of it, which presented some difficulty, as the sun did not penetrate to the bottom of the valley, which was, therefore, in deep shadow, while the distance and sides above were lit up by brilliant sunshine. I gave a long exposure, letting the lighted parts take care of themselves, and got a good negative’, (B.J.P., 18 March 1870, pp. 125-126). Bourne no. 1538.