1857.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 307 



I am of opinion that Mr. Hodgson has advanced no evidence 

 whatever to prove this identity. 



The arguments stated, if indicating any one peak more than 

 another, point to Peak XVIII., as the one called Devadhangha, &c. 



Thus Mr. Hodgson speaking of Devadhangha says — 



It is a " great mass." 



It is visible " from the confines of Nepal (proper.") 



Now the straight line passing through Mount Everest and 

 XVIII., and extended towards Nepal Proper passes nearly through 

 the centre of that valley, nor is there any point in the latter at 



which the angle Mount Everest and XVIII. exceeds 3° . Taking 



any point on the straight line Mount Everest, XVIII., and valley, 

 and within the valley, the latter peak shuts out the former, as can 

 be demonstrated by calculation. It is also exceedingly improbable 

 that the same does not occur from any point whatever in the valley. 

 But be this as it may, it is impossible, under the circumstances, 

 that XVIII. would admit of a " great mass" of Mount Everest 

 being seen. 



" And yet that Devadangha, &c, is seen from the ' confines' of 

 the valley, and that it is a ■ great mass,' we have Mr. Hodgson's 

 evidence to shew. That gentleman has therefore demonstrated, at 

 least, that Mount Everest and Devadangha are not identical. 



"I have seen Mount Everest, certainly from near Titalia in 

 Purneah, very probably from other districts along the Terai. It 

 never struck me as a great mass. 



" (Signed) J. B. N. Heknesst, 



"2ndAsst. G. T. Survey of India." 



Memo, by J. W. Armstrong, JEsq., 



Civil Asst. O. T. Survey of India. 



In compliance with Department Orders No. 10267 by the Sur- 

 veyor General of India, under date the 22ud April, 1857, I beg 

 leave to submit the following remarks on the question which has 

 been mooted regarding the identity of Mount Everest with Deo- 

 dangha vel Bhairavathan. 



This lofty pinnacle of the Himalayas was observed by me in 1846, 

 from a distance of above 200 miles, and by Col. Waugh and Messrs. 



