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OLDHAM : THERMAL SPRINGS OF INDIA. 



111. Knarung 



112. Kisik KtuL 



113. GiOKRA 



114. Kium 



115. Chigar 



116. Shtjshul 

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perceptibly saline : a thick calcareous incrustation on the 

 rocks. — Thomson, W. Hiatal, and Thibet, page 407. Moor- 

 croft. This is Chusan on the Charassa of Moorrroft, 

 Trav. Himal. Prov., I, 406. Pangmig, No. 62, Schlagin. 

 tweit's list. 

 . Lat. 33° 53'; Long. 77° 26' ; Elev. ; Temp, 'tepid.' 



Water has a mawkish taste, but without any decided fla- 

 vour. — Moorcroft, Trav. Himal. Prov., 1,416. In Ladak' 

 . Lat. 35° 40' ; Long. 78° 48' ; Elev. 15,010 ; Temp. 120°. 



In Turkistan, near Kisik Kiul, there are fifty hot springs, 

 chiefly containing common salt; the temperatures vary 

 from 77° to 120°. They are situated below the lake of 

 Kiuk Kiul, which is 18,000 feet above the sea. — Schlagin- 

 tweit, J. A. S. B. XXVI, pp. 112 and 118. These are evi- 

 dently the same as the ' hot spring' marked on General 

 Walker's Map of Turkistan. Schlagintweit in his list 

 gives the elevation as 15,010; Lat. 35° 40'; Long. 77° 56'. 

 Lat. 34° 28' ; Long. 79° 02' ; Elev. abt. 16,500 ; Temp. abt. 150°. 



Eight miles from Gokra are several hot springs, one of 

 which spouts up from a boulder-like mass of tufa to the 

 height of a foot or more. The water is surcharged with 

 carbonic acid gas and effervesces. There are numerous 

 other hot springs in the neighbourhood having a temper- 

 ature of about 90°. The elevation is approximate. — Hen- 

 derson, Lahore to Yarkand. 

 Lat. 34° 18' ; Long. 79° 02' ; Elev. 14,000 ; Temp. 147°. 



In the Changchengmo valley, just south of the Changchengmo 

 river, on the road to the Lamkang pass. See Kashmir 

 map, section 16. This is the Kyam, No. 42 of Schlagin- 

 tweit' s list, and the elevation and temperature given above 

 are on bis authority. The latitude and longitude, which 

 differ a good deal from that given by the Brothers 

 Schlagintweit, are taken from the Trigonometrical Survey 

 map. 

 Lat. 34° 05' ; Long. 78° 06' ; Elev. abt. 15,000 ; Temp. 70 o "5. 



Hot spring is to north of the trigonometrical station oi 

 Chigar, on the Changla road from Chinni to Tankse, about 

 8 miles from the latter place. This is Chagrar in Pang- 

 kong, No. 16 of Schlagintweit' s list. 

 , Lat. 33° 36' ; Long. 78° 41' ; Elev. 14,400 ; Temp. 96°. 



Water has neither taste nor smell. — Moorcroft, Trav. Himal. 



