70 Asiatic Society. [No. 109. 



Read the following letter, No. 822, from Mr. Secretary Maddock : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. 



No. 822. Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 



Political Department. 

 Sir, 



I am directed by the Governor General in Council to forward to you the accom- 

 panying copy of a calculation by Lieut. Bigge, of the heights of the principal 

 villages visited by him in the Naga Hills, for such notice as the Society may deem 

 it to merit. 



I have the honor to be, 

 Fort William, Sir, 



29t/i March, 1841. Your most obedient servant, 



T. H. Maddock, 



Secy, to the Govt, of India. 



No, 11. To Captain Jenkins, 



Agent to the Gov. Gen. N. E. Frontier. 



Sir, 



Having by the Dak of yesterday received the Tables necessary to enable me to 

 calculate the approximate height of the various points, which have been taken by 

 Thermometrical observations, I have the honor to forward the same, and am 

 happy to find that they prove nearly correct, when compared with those of yourself 

 and Captain Pemberton. 



1st. Observation, camp Semoor river below the Prephamah, 2nd February, 1841. 



Thermo, in the shade, .... 48o. 



Water boils, 208, approx. height 2,116 feet. 



2nd February. 



2nd. Observ. at wells on S. E. of village of Prephamah. 



Thermo, in shade, 66°. 



Water boils, 206, approx. height 3,235 feet. 



2nd February. 



3rd. Observ. at village of Geroophamah. 



Thermo, in shade, 66%°. 



Water boils, 204, approx. height 4,340 feet. 



3rd February. 



1st. Observation at village of Sassamah. 



Thermo, in shade, 59°. 



Water boils, 204, approx. height 4,362 feet. 



