Thursday's Times contains the announcement that the water of the
Gohma Lake is now only 10 ft. below the top of the dam, and at any moment w t L. hear that the over- flow has begun, It is as wall,
then, to may our readers what is happening at Gohm a region of mountains which High up in the Himalayas, in are among the highest in the world, an affluent of the Ganges flows through a narrow gorge whose sides are about 4,000ft Last September one of the sides of this gorge slipped own, and threw a vast natural dam, 900 ft. high, across the course of the stream. The result wasa lake which last May was about 3 miles long and 500 ft. deep. Since then the water has been steadily rising at about the rate of 2 ft. a day, and on August 12th it had reached no ft. When the point of overflow has been reached, it is expected that the upper part of the dam will be carried away, and a terrible flood of water will be lot loose, doing immense damage, and sweeping away the bridges for over a hundred miles along the course of the Upper Ganges. It is hoped, however, that no great loss of life will occur, as the lake is watched day and night, and a special telegraph.wire has been laid which will give instant warning to the villages below.
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