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whole of Guji would be starred, and of this they must be just as well 

 aware as we, and no doubt far better. It is perhaps hardly probable, 

 that it will ever be worth the while of the British Government to 

 coerce that of Lassa ; but if it be, I should conceive that closing the 

 frontier would most effectually bring them to reason. 



Having concluded our operations at Lung-yung we returned via 

 Shelshel, Raj-hoti and Chor-hoti passes to Niti, which we reached early 

 in September, having satisfactorily cleared up the doubtful points in 

 the geography of this part of the mountains. 



I had determined to remain at Niti till the end of September, in 

 hope of getting fine weather, and of being able to make another ascent 

 to some considerable height. The bad weather towards the end of the 

 month, however, disappointed me in this, and I was at last at the 

 beginning of October, only able to get up to about 14,700 ft. down to 

 which the mountains were covered up with snow. Between this eleva- 

 tion and Niti (11,500) corresponding Barometrical observations were 

 made by my brother and self, and the difference of height was also 

 measured by the Theodolite, for the purpose of testing the formula by 

 which heights are calculated from Barometrical observations. 



We left Niti on the 10th October, and came straight down here 

 only stopping a few days on the road, to make another similar set of 

 Barometrical observations between heights of 10,500 ft. and 5,500 ft. 



In the history of this year's work I shall explain the nature of our 

 Trigonometrical operations, from which any one who wishes to do so 

 may see the data on which our position of Kailas rests. 



