578 Miscellaneous. [Nov. 



2 Ditto, East Peak, 27,825.9 



3 Jimnoo, 25,31 1 .5 



4 Kabroo, 24,004.5 



5 Powhimry, 23,175.5 



6 D. 2, 22,581.9 



7 Pundeem, 22,015 



8 D. 3, 19,242.10 



9 Black Rock, 17,556.9 



10 Nursing, 19,139.2 



11 Chola, 17,319.5 



12 Gipmoochi, 14,509.2 



Thibetan Mountain. 



Chumalari, 23,929.2 



Your's truly, 



A. Campbell, M. D. 



Darjeeling, Nov. 23rd, 1848. 



Extract of a letter from Lieut. B. Strachey, Engineers, (communicated 

 by the Hon'ble Mr. Thomason.) 



I just write a few words to let you know that we have come back 

 from Tibet. We returned here yesterday, having got along without any 

 difficulty any where. We left this on the 2nd, as I before wrote to 

 you, and got over all the passes on the 7th into the " table-land." We 

 halted the 8th, and on the 9th got to the Sutlej, some miles below Ky- 

 unghing. Thence we returned back towards the southern edge of 

 RakasTal, reaching Gyanima, or Nimakhan, on the 12th. On the 14th 

 we got within sight of Rakas Tal,and encamped near its southern shore. 

 On the 1 5 th we went on towards Manasarowar, which we reached on 

 the 1 6th, encamping about a mile or so below Tu-Gamba, the monastery 

 at the effluent from the Lake ; we went up to look at the outlet, which 

 was quite unmistakable. The opening is in an elevated beach, and 

 might perhaps be overlooked when the lake was low. The beach of which 

 I talk is rather curious, being evidently the effect of the waves of the 

 lake, and raised perhaps 6 or 8 feet above the level of the water on one 

 side, and of the low ground outside the beach on the other. These 

 beaches are common to both lakes, and are, I suppose, the result of the 



