SchlagintweWs India and High Asia. 97 



etermination than their own ; of these new data 378 belong to 



iiilia and 735 to High Asia. Besides these they had occasion 



) add 144 points, some of which were determined anew and 



others were points for which differential valnes only had been 



lerlj given and which were now connected with the level of 



;ea. It is said to have been a matter of serious consideration 



to arrange so large a number of heights, — and the plan 



finally adopted does not seem to us free from weighty objections. 



India and High Asia are divided into Areas, upon principles 



which the authors do not mention. Through each of these eleven 



areas, a line is drawn connecting some of the principal places, and 



the succession of the heights determined to the right and left of 



this line, follows its mean direction as indicated by an arrow. 



These areas are designated as meridional, longitudinal, diagonal 



or transversal according to the relative position of the leading 



lines, and are enumerated as follows : 



A. India. 



Longitudinal, from east to west : Brahmakiind via Rajmahdl to 

 the Sanderbans. 

 II. Hindostdn along the Ganges. Longitudinal, from west to east: 

 Saharanpur vi& Khdnpur to Rajmahal. 

 ■ HI. Panjab to Gujrat. Meridional, from north to south: Atak via 



MitbdnkOt to Diu. 

 Iv. Central India. Meridional, from north to south : from the 

 Ganges via Mgpur and Chdnda to Koringa. 



" V. Dekhan and Maissur. Diagonal, from northwest to southeast: 

 Bombay via Puna and Bellari to Madras. 

 VI. Karnatik and Nikiris, with an appendix on Ceylon. Longitu- 

 dinal, from west to east : Madras via Bangalur and Utakamand 

 to Kalikat. 



B. High Asia. 

 ^'eaVn. Himalava of Bhutdn, Sikkim, and Nep41, Longitudinal, 

 from e'ast to west : Bhutdn via Darjiling to west of Kath- 

 « XTTx. ™^ndu. ^. 



vm. Western Himalaya, from K^mdon to Haz4ra. Diagonal, from 

 southeast to northwest : Almora via Simla and Snnagger 



IX. Central chain of Western Tibet. From southeast to northwest : 

 „ ^ eastoftheMansar4urIaketoSk&rdo. 



X. Principal snow peaks of the western parts of the Karakorum 

 chain. From east to west : east of the Namur lake to west 

 of the lake Sirikiil. 

 ^ Joi:b.Sci.-Second Series, Vol. XXXIV, No. lOO.-JiLr, 1862. 



