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not be confounded with Thibet or Sefan ; lastly, between 

 the Kwan-lun and the Himmaleh, Eastern and Western 

 Thibet, where Lassa and Ladak are situated. The Him- 

 maleh system, the only one which at present particularly 

 interests us, separates the valleys of Cashmere, IS'epauI, 

 and Bootan from Thibet. To the west it stretches by 

 Javaher to 26,420 feet; to the east by Dhwalagiri to 

 27,000 feet above the level of the sea. It ranges geneirally 

 from north-west to south-east, and consequently is not par- 

 allel with the Kwan-lun ; it approaches it so nearly in the 

 meridian of Attok and Jellalabad, that between Cabul, 

 Cashmere, Ladak, and Badakshan, the Himmaleh seems to 

 form a single group of mountain chains with the Hindoo- 

 kho and Tsung-ling. 



In those parts of the Himmaleh that form the northern 

 boundary of India are situated some of the highest moun- 

 tains in the world. Of these the most elevated summit a,t 

 present known is Dhwalagiri, or White Mountain, already 

 mentioned. The following are other heights, as deter- 

 mined by Webb : — 



reet. 



Jumnotree ^^AIP, 



Setghur, or ihe WTiite Tower, north of Nepaul Uo,Zbl 



A mountain, supposed to be Dhaibun, above Catmandoo, in the 

 direction of Cala Bhairava, 20,000 feet above the Valley of Ne- 

 paul. and above the sea •. 24,025 



Anoi,Jier mountain near it, 1S,662 feet above the Valley of Nepaul, 



above* the sea ^'?5„ 



A third, in its vicinitv, 18,452 feet, above the sea. H'"^ 



A peak, named St. George, was esumated by Hodgson at 22,240 



Mountain Region. — Interposed between the Alpine and 

 Fcstikntial Regions of India is the richest mountain land 

 in- the world, — the beautiful girdle of Assam, Bootan, Ne- 

 paul, Serinagur, Cashmere, and Peshawer. These de- 

 liirhtful regions range in altitude upwards of 7000 feet above 

 the level of the sea, rising with a steep ascent from the 

 plains of the low country. According to Rennel the south- 

 ernmost of the Bootan mountains attain nearly a mile and 

 a half of almost perpendicular height, in a horizontal 

 distance of fifteen miles ; and from the summit the traveller 

 looks back with wonder on the extensive prospect of tb-e 

 plain.5 beneath. When the great range changes to a 

 westerly direction, near. the upper part of the Ganges and 



