1848.] Addenda et Corrigenda, $r. 73 



Addenda et Corrigenda of the paper on the Aborigines of the Sub- 

 kemalayasy in the December No. of the Journal. By B. II . Hodg- 

 son, Esq. 



Page 1237 at the word 'Bhutan,' add foot note. Pemberton in his 

 Report assigns the following position and extent to Bhutan. 26|° to 

 28° N. L. and 88f° to 92£° E. Long, Length 220, and breadth 90, 

 miles. 



Page 1238. Dele the long foot note on Hernachal, and substitute 

 appendix No. I. hereafter given. 



Page 1241. For 2000 read 1800 ; and for 500, 480 as the length 

 and breadth of Tibet. 



Page 1242. Dele the 8 first lines and substitute — ' That valley is of 

 a lozenge shape, about 20 miles in extreme length and width, cultivated 

 highly throughout, and 4200 to 4700 feet above the sea. Lat. of 

 Cathmundu 27f° N. The only other valley in the whole eastern half 

 of the Sub-hemalayas is that of Jumla or Yiimila, which is smaller and 

 higher, yielding barley (hordeum celeste) as the greater valleys rice ; 

 whilst in the western half of the Sub-hemalayas is the single though 

 large vale of Cashmir, 160 miles long by 60 broad, and 6000 feet above 

 the sea. 



The Sub-hemalayas form a confused series of enormous mountains, 

 the ranges of which cross each other in every direction, but still have a 

 prevalent tendency to diverge, like ribs from the spinal column of the 

 snows, or a S. E and N. W. diagonal between 28° and 35°/ 



Same page. Add at top of the series of basins and of peaks, ' Alpine 

 basin of Indus.. . No peak' ; and alter the subsequent numeral mention 

 of basins, in reference to population, accordingly. 



Page 1243, for ' Dijond' read Dinjong. Same page line 19, after the 

 words ' aqueous system can alone reveal,' x\dd, * Of the innumerable 

 rivers the only ones with ascertained transnivean sources are the Indus, 

 the Satlege, the Karnali, the Sanpu vel Brahmaputra, and the Arun, 

 whereof the 4 first take their rise at Gangri, the great water shed of 

 the plain of Tibet, close to lake Mepang vel Manasrover, and the 5th 

 or Arun, from the northern slope of Hernachal in the district of Tingri. 

 They are, as might be expected, the largest of our rivers, both the 



