122 Report on the Progress of the Magnetic Survey. [No. 2. 



Report on the Progress of the Magnetic Survey of India, and the 

 Researches connected with it, from A ay to November, 1856. — By 



M. A.DOLPHE SCHLAGINTWEIT. 



KoUTE. 



I left Simla on the 28th of May, proceeding through Kulu and 

 Lahoul to Zanskar in Thibet (arrived 26th June). I was chiefly oc- 

 cupied with the examination of the western parts of Thibet, and of 

 a considerable part of the Kuenluen range to the northward of 

 Thibet. 



I arrived at Khabbulu on the 21st July, and penetrated by a 

 transverse valley from Khabbulu and Shigar up to the water-shed 

 of the Kuenluen range. The most northern point reached was the 

 Mustak Pass (20th August, 18,800 Eug. feet). The predatory habits 

 of the wild Mahomedan tribes of Huoze, which infest the country 

 on the other side of the Mustak, prevented my proceeding further 

 on in this direction in the Kuenlueu range. I had the opportu- 

 nity of reaching, on the 29th of July, on the Chorkonda peak, an 

 elevation of nearly 19,500 Eng. feet (calculated approximately from 

 Ladakh) and made a series of physical experiments during the 

 ascent. 



I arrived at Iscardo on the 1st of September, after an examination 

 of the elevated mountain groups near the point where the great 

 southern bend of the Indus takes place. I arrived at Kashmeer on 

 the 9th of October, and left on the 2nd of November for Murree and 

 Rawul Pindee, (arrived 17th November). According to the plan of 

 our operations sanctioned by Government, during the present cold 

 season a part of the Punjab and of Scinde will be examined. 



To obtain geological and meteorological observations for a part 

 of the Himalaya, which we could not visit ourselves, my draftsman, 

 Eleazar Daniel, and Mr, Monteiro, attached to my brother Her- 

 mann's establishment, with some geological and plant collectors, 

 were sent through the outer ranges of the Himalaya from Simla, via 

 Kangra and Noorpoor to Kashmeer. 



Their barometric and meteorological observations carried on re- 

 gularly at Kangra, Noorpoor, Jummoo and Kashmeer, will be of 

 much value for the calculation of our own barometric observations, 



