Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1846

Kotkhaee the Fort of the Fosse " is a picturesque spot.at the junction of several streams from the east and north which first here give the Girree the character of a small reach about the same size as the Hosilla in Kemaon and like it rising short of the snowy range. [...] Three miles from Kotkhaee the road crosses to the right bank of the Girree and then leaves the glen to ascend the Shunkun Ghatee over the high neck joining the Koopur mountain on the SE. [...] The Picea pindrow and P. webbiana are here and at Jaka confounded under the name of Kulrai perhaps the Chilrow of Royle and these unconscious disciples of Lamark insist that the difference in the size and colour of their leaves is solely owing to the inclemency of the wind and weather on the exposed sites where the Webbian species is found. [...] Amongst the Doodach rocks grows the Sedum himalensis very like the Rhodiola rosea of England and amongst the rocks and snow at the source of the Undretee I found the Saxifraga granulata of England and a Ranunculus (choorensis ?) much like the R. glacialis of Switzerland. [...] Looking down to the north through the long vista of the glen we had a glorious though somewhat limited view of the lofty peaks of the snowy range beyond the Sutluj separating the Busehur district of Wangpo north of the Wangtoo bridge from the districts of Manes and Dunkur in Speetee and crossed by the Taree Pass 16 400 feet above the sea.