3C6 Geographical Notices. 



the sea level at Karachi, now in progress, are completed). None 

 of the peaks m the nci<rhborhood of K. 2 come nearly up to it 

 though there is one fine group about sixteen miles away that is 

 generally a little over twenty-six thousand. This is probably 

 the second highest mountain in the world, as it exceeds Kan- 

 clunginga by 122 feet, but is lower than Mount Everest by 72i 

 feet, as measured by the Surveyor General in 1847.* 



It IS expected that Cnptain "Montgoinerie will be able to fix 

 points up to 36^ 30' N. latitude, but it i,s doubtful whether ho 

 will be able to gut in all the '1 opogmphy (ptite as far as that, in 

 consequence of the wild and Yiigln state of some of the pcoplo." 



A sketch showing the position of this mountain, and its en- 

 virons, is given in Petermann's Mittheihjngen, 1861, p. i. 



Fiji Islands.— The British Government have lately had 

 under consideration a project for making the Fiji Islands a de- 

 ])(Mi<lency of the British Crown. An expedition was sent to the 

 J<l;inds under Col. Smythe, li.A., to investigate the circumstan- 

 «vs under which the proposal wa.s made. Dr. Scemann, a mem- 

 ber of the Commission, has given the following Report to the 

 Royal Geographical Society : 



cnte thfm>ieU-e.s from political einhfi 



favorable to the 

 ! of the islands ; 

 the traffic to y 





: sandal-u-ood tjiat fia-.st attracted Europeans t 



