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probably mistaken one peak for another, more especially since 

 the country is said to be very polyglottic ; in fact, Mr. Hodgson 

 himself throws some doubt on the identity of Mount Everest with 

 Deodangha, or Bhairavathan, or Bhairava Langur, or Gnalham 

 thangla, as his own expression " being 'probably the nameless 

 peak which Colonel Waugh conjectures may rival Kanchanjinga 

 in height," evidently shews. The following extract from an inter- 

 resting account of the ascent of the mountain Sumeru Purbat by 

 Captain Robertson, given in the Report of the British Association 

 for the advancement of science for 1855, will serve to shew how 

 liable we are to fail into mistakes in identifying a group of peaks 

 even when in their immediate neighbourhood. " On the right of 

 the Glacier rose the three Great Jumnotri Peaks, designated in 

 sheet 65 of the Trigonometrical Survey of India, Black E., Great E., 

 and Little E., the altitudes of which, as given in the map, are 21,155, 

 20,916, and 20,122 feet. The peaks designated in the Trigonome- 

 trical Survey, Great E. and Little E. are the two summits of a 

 mountain which the natives call Bunderpanch. On the left the 

 Glacier was bounded by a wall of precipices terminating in the lofty 

 snow-covered Peak of Sumeru Purbat. The height of this peak is 

 not given in the Survey Map, but from its appearance, as compared 

 with that of the measured peaks, and also from the height it rises 

 above the limits of perpetual snow, I should estimate its altitude at 

 about 18,000 feet. The altitude of Bunderpanch-ke-ghattee, I esti- 

 mate at about 16,000 feet. 



" In making my agreement with the Brahmin, I was under the 

 impression that Sumeru Purbat was one of the measured peaks, and 

 it was not until I reached Bunderpanch-ke-ghatta that I discovered 

 my mistake." 



(Signed) W. H. Scott, 



Draftsman, S. G. Meld Office. 



Memorandum by J. Hennessy, Esq., 2nd Assistant in charge of tlie 



Geodetic computation at Trigonometrical Survey Head Quarters. 



I have carefully perused Mr. B. H. Hodgson's paper, attempting 



to identify Mount Everest with some hill variously called " Deva- 



dangha,vel Bhairavathan, vel Bhairava-langur,vel Gnalham thangla." 



