10 PICTURE OF ORGANIZED NATURE. 



Measurements of a more recent date, by Captain 

 Webb, and of which an account was given in the 

 Journal of Science edited at the Royal Institution 

 (Oct. 1818), point out much greater heights. From 

 the boundary of Thibet, Captain Webb measured 

 more than two hundred points of the Himalayan 

 Chain ; the most remarkable of which are : 



In 30 46' 22"LAT. . . . 24,342ft. 



30 17' 59" 24,793 



30 21' 52" 27,357 



30 12' 15" 24,163 



29 59' 34" ...... 24,221. 



The limit of eternal snow in 30 36' N.L. lies, ac- 

 cording to Webb, at the height of 12,307 ft. Captain 

 Hodgson, who, on the 31st of May 1817, discovered the 

 Sources of the Ganges, is of opinion that the very 

 spot where this river rises from under the snow is 

 13,754 ft. above the sea : which accords with Webb's 

 account relative to the snow-line. Their height, 

 moreover, coincides with that of the snow-line on the 

 Peak of Teneriffe, on the Atlas Mountains in Africa, 

 and Popocatepetl in Mexico. 



29. Lebanon in Asia, in 30 N.L., whose height is 

 9535 ft., according to La Billadiere, does not reach 

 the snow-line, which lies at an altitude of 9708 ft. 



