1857.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 303 



6. Mr. Armstroug is one of the gentlemen by whom Mount 

 Everest was observed. He will forward bis opinion to the Surveyor 

 General, and the papers to Lieutenant Tennant, by whom they will 

 be independently reviewed ; thus giving the investigation the benefit 

 of his eminent abilities in matters of difficult research. 



7. Prom Lieutenant Tennant, the papers will proceed to Lieute- 

 nant Montgomerie in Kashmir, whose recent experience in details 

 of Himalayan Geography will enable him to pronounce this ques- 

 tion, a valuable independent opinion, which he will transmit with 

 all the papers to the Surveyor General. 



(Signed) A. S. Watjgh, 



Surveyor General of India. 



Memo, by Mr. W. H. Scott, Draftsman in the Field Surveyor 



QeneraVs Office. 

 With reference to Department Orders No. 10267, dated 22nd 

 April, 1857, in which I am called upon to state my independent 

 opinion on the identity of Mount Everest with Deodangha or 

 Bhairavathan, I beg leave to report for the information of the Sur- 

 veyor General of India as follows : — 



After a very careful examination of the papers specified in the 



margin, 1 am humbly of opinion 



1st. Mr. Hodgson's letter on the that there is no evidence to es- 

 Native Name of Mount Everest, J. A. 



S. No. 5, 1856. tablish satisfactorily the identity 



The papers referred to >iu that com- of ]\j ouufc Everest with Deo- 

 mumcation and published in J. A. 6. 



No. 6, 1»56 are,— dangha or Bhairavathan. 



1st. Routes of two Nepaulcse Em- m. t ,.. , , AT , 



bassies to Pekin, with remarks on the lhe routesof thetwoNepaulese 



Watershed and Plateau of Tibet. Embassies from Katmandu to 



2nd. Systematic summary of the ^ , . , , . 



route from Katmandu to Pekin, Kaji tekm no doubfc Contain much 



Dalbhanjan Pande, 1822-23. interesting details, but unfortu- 



3rd. Abstract of Diaiy from Kat- 

 mandu to Pekin by Chountra Push- nately they do not assist us in 



ke ^ h ' \ 8 / 7 ' n. a n • -n tae present investigation, be- 

 4th. Memo, on the Seven Cosis with r ° ' 



Sketch Map, J. A. S. December 1848. cause, the Azimuths or Bearings, 



it will be seen, are not given, 

 and consequently we can bring thein to no account. It is essentiallv 

 necessary that the position of Kutighat or Bhairava Langur should 

 be known with some degree of certainty, but this we are unable to do 



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