Travels in Kashmir Ladak Iskardo the Countries Adjoining the Mountain Course

1844. Proceeding along the northern side of the Karywah of Islamabad, we arrive at the place where the higher ranges begin to descend upon it; and at this spot alone, near the highest end of the valley, the most ungeological would be convinced of its having once contained a lake, as the remains of beaches formed of shingly conglomerate, are to be seen there deposited in horizontal layers, and resting upon distorted lime- stone strata.' But I have before noticed this place, in my general remarks