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OLDHAM : THERMAL SPRINGS OK INDIA. 



78. Tatwani 



79. Bashisht 



80. Kelat 



. Lat. ; Long. ; Elev. 6,000 ; Temp. 140°. 



Is on the left bank of the Chenab, not far from Ootoh and 

 Chattargurh. Clay slate and gneiss are seen not far 

 off.— Dr. C. J. Stewart, MSS. corr. This, doubtless, is 

 Chataegueh in Kishtvar, No. 17 of Schlagintweit's list, 

 there given "from native information." The latitude is 

 stated to be 33° 3', and the longitude 76° 16'. I am quite 

 unable to explain, for the author himself gives no clue to 

 it, how in this and a good many other instances, where 

 the very existence of the hot spring is stated to be 

 dependent " on native information," and where the exact 

 locality is therefore unknown, still the latitudes and longi- 

 tudes are given with the same detail as those of the best 

 known and most frequently visited springs. It surely 

 cannot be intended to lead the reader to suppose that the 

 " native information" was so accurate and detailed as to 

 be acquainted with the geographic position of the locality. 

 And yet, if this were not so, the giving of such detail 

 is only a pretension to accm*acy, which can have no other 

 effect than to mislead. I cannot identify the position of 

 this spring on the Atlas of India. 



Lat, 32° 16' ; Long. 77° 13' ; Elev. app. 6,600 ; Temp. 138°. 

 On the left bank of the Beas, in the large lateral valley of 

 Kudu. Ten thousand parts gave an evaporation 7'0 of salts, 

 similar to those found in Manikarn water. — Marcadieu, 

 J. A.S. B., XXIV, 198. Not sulphureous. — Marcadieu, 

 Ind. Ann. Med. Sci., IX. Is a few miles down from 

 the Rotang pass. Temp. 138°. — Dr. C. J. Stewart, 

 MSS. Selilagintweit also gives the temperature 138°'6, 

 while Marcadieu (loc. cit.) says 117°. Strong smell of 

 sulphuretted hydrogen escapes with the vapour. — Moor, 

 croft, Trav. in Himalayan Prov., I, 186. About 500 feet 

 above the river ; Temp. 123°"5. — Dr. C. W. Culthrop 

 in Official Returns. — Bihist, No. 1506, Schlagintweit's. 



Lat. 32° 12'; Long. 77° 12'; Elev. 5,700; Temp. 106°-110°. 

 A few (12-18) miles below Bishisht, Elev. about 6,000, rises 

 probably from clay slate. — Dr. C. J. Stewart, MSS. On 

 right bank of Beas ; 10,000 parts gave 8 of solid salts ; 

 gives out an odour of animal matter ; and the residue 

 from evaporation has a peculiar shining appearance. — 

 Marcadieu, J. A S. B., XXIV, 200. Is 9 miles from 



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