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ride of sodium and sulphate of soda. The rocks are granite 

 (?), impregnated with sulphate of alumina. — Hooker* 

 Himal. Jour., II, 116. Schlagintweit quotes the hoiling 

 point determination of the height given hy Hooker, viz., 

 11,730, but this was corrected subsequently. 



132. Momai ... Lat. 27° 52'; Long. 88° 40'; Elev. 16,000; Temp. 110°-116°. 



The springs are at the foot of the Kinchinjow glacier, only 

 a mile below the end of the glacier. They are some four 

 degrees hotter than Yeumtong, although 4,000 feet higher. 

 Water contains 25 grs. per gallon of chloride of sodium, 

 sulphate and carbonate of soda ; reaction is strongly 

 alkaline when concentrated. — Hooker, Himal. Journ., II, 

 181. 



133. Mangpmtt ... Lat. 26° 38'; Long. 88° 29'; Elev. abt. 1,300; Temp. 



About 600 feet above the Tista river there are two or three 

 small clefts in the slate, the air in which feels warm and 

 moist to the hand. There is probably a warm spring 

 here, the water of which trickles away through the crevices 

 of the rock.— Mallet, M. G. S. I., XI, 9. 



North of Sikkim, in Thibet, a hot spring is known at— 



134. Change a ... Lat. 28° 45'; Long. 89° 30'; Elev. ; Temp. 88°. 



Twelve miles from Changra and 11 from Salu ; the spring 

 is much frequented for medical purposes. — Turner, Em- 

 bassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Thibet, page 220. 



In the returns from the Bengal Government a hot spring is said to 



exist at — 



135. Rajshahte ... Lat. ; Long. ; Elev. ; Temp. 



Iu the district of Dinagepur, between Burgunje and Titalya. 

 • — Official Records. 



Returning now to the west, we find a small group of springs south of 



Delhi, in Northern Rajputana. 



136. Sun ah ... Lat. 28° 13' ; Long. 77° 06 ' ; Elev. abt. 800 ; Temp. 108°. 



The spring is about 35 miles south of Delhi, and about 15 

 from Gurgaon, on the eastern face of, and close under, the 

 Murat hills, near to one of the most craggy and precipitous 

 parts of the ridge. "Water gives off a strong smell of 

 sulphur : sulphuretted hydrogen is thrown out : no iron. 

 The well or basin into which it rises has been cut out of 

 the solid rock, 16 feet square and about 30 feet deep, 

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