1866 ] ~ Lableau of High Asia. 51 
Comparative, hypsometrical and physical Tableau of High Asia, the 
Andes, and the Alps —By Rosrrt pe Scunacintweit, Professor 
at the University of Giessen. 
Contents—I. Geographical configurations. 1. Plateaux. 2. Passes 
3. Peaks. 
Il. Hydrography. 1. Wakes. 2. Springs. 
III. Physical phenomena. 1. Snow-fall. 2. Snow-line. 
3. Glaciers. 
IV. The varieties of habitation. 1 Towns and villages. 
2. Pasture grounds. 
V. Extreme heights visited by man. 1. Mountain-ascents. 
2. Balloon-ascents. 3. Effect of height. 
VI. Limits of vegetation and animal life. 
Remarks.—1. Drawings of many of the objects (plateaus, peaks, 
towns, &c.) mentioned in this Tableau, as well as panoramic pro- 
files and maps, are contained in the Atlas to the ‘ Results of a 
scientific mission to India and High Asia,” by Hermann, Adol- 
phe, and Robert de Schlagintweit. 
2. The heights, given in English feet, are absolute, referring’ 
to mean sea-level. 
Transcription.—V owels and diphthongs sound as in Italian and Ger- 
A 
mia — on bub a) —— an in the Mrench “gant. W —= a 
in German.— Consonants as in English. The sign ’ 
marks the 
syllable to be accentuated. 
The materials, upon which this comparative tableau is based, are : 
For High Asia, viz.—The Himalaya, Western Tibet, the Karakorim 
and Kinlin, our own travels and observations, combined with the 
valuable data of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, and 
with those of our predecessors. 
For the Andes.—The celebrated ‘‘ Voyages aux régions équinoctiales,”’ 
by Alexander de Humboldt, which possess to this day the high- 
est value and importance ; in his recent publications,* the newest 
contributions of science have been added with a master’s hand. 
* Kosmos.—Ansichten der Natur, 3rd edition.—Kleinere Schriften.—I always 
quote the original, German edition, 
