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supposed axis. We now know that in whatever direction the 

 Himalaya has been explored, its axis has been found to be be- 

 yond the snowy peaks, and indicated by the river-heads. We 

 have therefore in all cases of doubt represented the rivers as 



mountains 



assumed that 

 its watershed. 



We have not hesitated to contour the table-land of the 



oximately to represent a system of ranges 



from 



average 



feet. We 



rupted and tortuous course than is usually represented; it 



being an error 

 nearlv uniform 



Central India we 



have also represented as a hilly table-land, intersected by con- 

 siderable valleys j of which there is ample evidence in surveys 

 and the accounts of travellers. 



For the details of the mountain systems of East Tibet there 

 are no authorities, but we have expressed its main features. 



an 



This 



many 



geographers, by the narrative of M. Hue, and by the fact of 

 so many of the large rivers of Asia flowing from it in several 

 directions. To omit a feature which rivals the Himalaya in 

 dimensions, and which exercises a paramount influence over 



rteorology of Eastern 



may 



lations between the vegetation and climate of India. 



remains to add 



the classical one) adopted both in the maps and the pages of 



our 



our own 



countrymen. 



