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Correspondence of the Commissioners 



[Feb. 



1st Oct. 



2nd 



3rd 



4th 



5th 

 6 th 



7th 



8th 



9 th 



Chachot. 



Le. 



Halt at Le. 



Ditto. 



Ditto. 

 Ditto. 



Ditto. 

 Ditto, 



Ditto. 



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Remarks. 



Road along the left bank of the 

 Indus, first over the irrigated fields of 

 Changa ; then over barren stony ground 

 to Thakna ; and thence through the 

 fields and straggling houses of Chachot, 

 to Gola-bagh, a garden and house be- 

 longing to the late Governor of Ladak. 



Road for 4 miles through the culti- 

 vated lands of Chachot, thence for 1 

 mile stony to the bank of the Indus, 

 which we crossed by two substantial 

 bridges of poplar, the larger one being 

 80 feet in length, and 8 feet broad 

 within the railings. From the bridge 

 the road was alternately sandy and 

 stony the whole way up an easy ascent 

 to Le. 



Observed the meteorological instru- 

 ments hourly, and obtained meridian 

 and equal altitudes of the sun. 



Observed the declination magneto- 

 meter hourly, and obtained meridian 

 and equal altitudes of the sun. 



Ditto ditto. 



Observed the dipping needles, and 

 Hansteen's intensity apparatus ; and 

 obtained meridian and equal altitudes 

 of the sun. 



Cloudy, no observations. Light snow 

 fell. 



Cloudy morning and snow until 9 

 o'clock ; obtained meridian and equal 

 altitudes of the sun and four observa- 

 tions of a Polaris. 



Obtained meridian and equal alti- 

 tudes of the sun. The morning was 

 cloudy with occasional breaks of sun- 

 shine. The beginning of the solar 

 eclipse was therefore not obtained with- 

 in half a minute ; and its termination 

 was completely obscured : but the time 

 of its greatest phase was accurately ob- 

 served. Hourly meteorological obser- 



