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besides some short description of the nature of each plant and the 

 locality in which they are found. 



I have greatly increased my knowledge of the Geological structure 

 of Kumaon and Gurhwal during the past year, and I have added to 

 my former collections a very considerable number of fossil shells &c, 

 from the northern part of the mountains, from which I feel confident 

 that the geological age of the strata in which these are found may be 

 perfectly ascertained ; and on the whole I consider that I shall be able 

 to draw out a very fair geological map of Kumaon and Gurhwal, as 

 well as geological sections such as were at first proposed. 



My geological specimens are also now on their way to England with 

 the herbarium. 



In the department of Zoology matters are just as they were ; the 

 few specimens that I collected have likewise been dispatched to 

 Calcutta. 



The panoramic drawing of the mountains from the summit of Binson, 

 has been completed, as I before said it had begun ; this has also been 

 laid before the Honorable Lieutenant Governor. 



During the past season also my brother Captain H. Strachey, 66 

 Native Infantry, and I have been able to make some important addi- 

 tions to the topography of the country to the north of the snowy 

 range in Kumaon and Gurhwal, by fixing, by trigonometrical opera- 

 tions, the position of the celebrated peak of Kailas, and of several other 

 points of note. A map showing the combined result of this work and 

 what was before known of this country has been executed by my bro- 

 ther, and has been shown to the Honorable Lieutenant Governor. 



The calculations, on which the constructions of the map rests, were 

 worked out by me sufficiently to permit of its being executed, but they 

 take much time and must be carefully revised before any numerical 

 results are published. 



The meteorological observations which I was anxious to undertake 

 have been conducted with as great care as was possible, and I have 

 collected a considerable map of materials, which will I trust be a valua- 

 ble addition to our knowledge of the phsenomena in question. Besides 

 other ordinary registers, I was enabled with the help of my brother 

 Captain H. Strachey to make horary observations for a period of 24 

 hours at an ellevation of 18,400 feet, as well as similar horary observa- 



