1848.] deputed to the Tibetan Frontier. 101 



ka. I have also rented a house at Simla ; my residence at any other 

 place would therefore only be an extra expense to me without the advan- 

 tage of access to my Library. At Simla I shall likewise be able to com- 

 municate with Colonel Boileau, upon whose judgment and assistance I 

 must depend for the reduction and arrangement of the various magneti- 

 cal and meteorological observations, which I have made during my pre- 

 sent journey. Under these circumstances I trust to the favor of Govern- 

 ment that I may be permitted to reside at Simla, for the preparation of 

 my map and report. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) Alex. Cunningham, 

 Bt. Capt. Senior Co?nmissioner, Tibetan Frontier. 

 Camp Hazroo, 18th December, 1847. 



From Capt. A. Cunningham, Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier, 

 To John Lawrence, Esq. Resident, Lahore. 

 Bated Camp Shumsabad, Ilazdra, 7th January, 1848. 

 Sir,— I have the honor to forward to you a Report and Diary of 

 Dr. Thomson's proceedings from the 20th of October, up to the 1st of 

 December, 1847. The letter is dated Camp Iskardo, 1st December, 

 and as Dr. Thomson proposed leaving Iskardo for Kashmir on the fol- 

 lowing day, he must now be most probably in Kashmir, or perhaps on 

 his way towards Hazara. 



2. I am happy to state that the sketch map alluded to by Dr. Thom- 

 son, supplies in a satisfactory manner the long desiderated sutvey of 

 the Shayuk or Nubra river, from the foot of Nubra downwards to its 

 junction with the Indus. With Lieut. Ralph Young's survey of the 

 middle Indus in the Iskardo and Gilgit territories, and Lieut. Stra- 

 chey's, and my own survey of the Upper Indus in Ladak, the Govern- 

 ment will now possess a complete survey of the Indus and of its tribu- 

 taries, from Ilaule to Gilgit. 



I have the honor to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your most obedient Servant, 

 (Signed) Alex. Cunningham, 

 Bt. Capt. Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier, 

 Camp Shumsabad, 7th January, 1848. 



