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uniting," at about 13,000 feet into one broad unbroken sheet, from 

 whence to the summit of the Pass, or 1,500 feet more, it continued so, 

 with the exception of fifty feet at the crest, when on the southern 

 face there was none at all. 



On the northern slope, on the contrary, it commenced at the very 

 crest of the Pass, and continued in an unbroken sheet " to fully two 

 miles and a half," while " beyond this, for half a mile more, it was 

 broken and lying in detached masses." 



The facts observable here therefore are greatly in favour of the 

 northern face, for while the extent of snow is there estimated at three 

 miles, that of the opposite exposure is but two thousand feet. 



Again, on the Hungrung Pass the southern side had far less snow, 

 both in respect to depth and extent, than the northern face down 

 which it stretched nearly to the village of Hungo, or to a distance 

 from the crest of the range of 3,600 feet in perpendicular descent, or 

 between four and five miles from the Pass. 



. Again, in Spiti, above Leedung, while the southern exposure of the 

 Pass was almost entirely free from snow, except immediately at the 

 summit of the range, the whole northern face was buried deeply to 

 some extent. 



On my return to Hungrung in July, the northern side still held 

 patches here and there, while the crests of the mountains were 

 covered ; but to the southward not a vestige of snow remained, except 

 far down the glen, where from the falling of repeated avalanches from 

 above, a hard and solid mass had become wedged into an arch or 

 bridge across the brawling torrent that descended from the Pass. 



Opposite to this, and merely divided by the narrow valley in which 

 stands Soongnum, the northern aspect of Roonung still retained " a 

 broad, and hardened belt of frozen snows" along its crest, while to 

 the southward, not a trace of it remained. 



To the right of Soongnum, towards Roopa, on the southern cliffs, no 

 snow remained at all, while those with the northern aspect were in 

 most parts still deeply buried, as was also the northerly face of Ma- 

 nerung, in Spiti. 



From these few facts it will appear, that contrary to the usual be- 

 lief, the snow is retained longer on the northern than on the southern 

 exposure, exactly corresponding to the scientific observations, and re- 



