CATALOGUE. 



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105. Tosha 



106. Hoto 



107. Chongo 



108. Sniueon 



109. Khoekun 



110. Panamik 



gives its name to the village, from elm, water ; and iron, 

 hot. The Avater is clear as crystal, without taste or smell. 

 Temperature 110°. — Godwin- Austen, Jour. Roy. Geol. 

 Soc, London, XXXIV, 46. 

 Lat. 35° 44' ; Long. 75° 44' ; Elev. aht. 8,000 ; Temp. 



On the right hank of the Braldoh river, near the village of 

 Tosha, in Mushim, Baltistan. See Atlas sheet 27a, S. E. 

 quarter. 

 Lat. 35° 43' ; Long. 75° 47' ; Elev. ; Temp. 137°. 



On the right bank of the Braldoh river. About 2 miles 



north-west of the hot springs at Chongo, there are three 



springs within a mile of each other ; the temperatures are 



137°, 122°, and 117° .— Godtvin- Austen (loc. cit.), page 43. 



Lat. 35° 41'; Long. 75° 48' ; Elev. 9,700; Temp. 169°. 



On the Braldoh river, near the village of Chongo, in Bal- 

 tistan. It issues from the summit of a conical mound of 

 tufa, 30 feet high, deposited by the spring.— GWeww- 

 Austen (loc. cit.), page 42. In all probability this spring 

 is that referred to in Schlagintweit's list under the name 

 of Askoli, No. 5. Askoli, or, as it is spelled on the Atlas 

 of India, Askoley, is 5 miles east from the locality of the 

 springs. 

 Lat. 35° 16'; Long. 75° 42'; Elev. 7,700; Temp. 109°. 



This is called Tsuh Teon by Vigne, who says it is at the foot 

 of the rock of Iskardo. Spring copious ; water pure, appa- 

 rently rises from limestone; forms a bath. — Vigne, Kash- 

 mir, II, 273. Sneuron is the spelling adopted on the 

 Atlas of India. 

 Lat. 35° 20'; Long. 76° 50'; Elev. 9,000; Temp. 185°. 



This is the name, as given on the survey sheets, of the 

 nearest village. It is the same as the Choekonda, No. 19 

 of Schlagintweit's list, and the Koe Chondus of Vigne. 

 This spring is in Balti, on the Kondus, a branch of the 

 Saltoro valley. _ Water is sulphureous, depositing gypsum 

 and sulphur. — Vigne, Kashmir, II, 388. Schlagintweit 

 gives the elevation as 11,594. 

 Lat, 34° 47'; Long. 77° 3-4'; Elev. 10,500 ; Temp. 170 '5-172°. 

 On the Nubra, about 13 miles above the junction with 

 the Shyok. Two springs rise from the rocks on hill side, 

 about 400 yards from the edge of the plain, and about a 

 mile from the village : water is faintly sul phureous, not 



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