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Lane and Nicholson from different stations of the North East 

 Longitudinal Series, and characterized by each according to the 

 nomenclature which each had adopted. When the observations 

 were all collected, aud the snow points discussed and arranged in 

 order from east to west, this lofty peak was characterized by the 

 numeral XV. There were no means of ascertaining either the name 

 of this mountain, or the names of the others which were observed ; 

 and when its stupendous height was finally determined, a name was 

 sought for to stamp its greatness, and none presented itself, in the 

 absence of its own local appellation, more fitting than that of our 

 renowned ex-Surveyor General. 



This nomination has been impugned by Mr. Hodgson on the 

 strength of certain data advanced by him in the Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, data which cannot be received as conclu- 

 sive, because they are purely conjectural. 



" The first datum is a conjectural bearing and distance from post' 

 tions never visited. 



" The other data are the itineraries of two Nepaulese Embassies 

 to Pekin, the distances of whose routes are equally conjectural. 

 Mountainous as these routes must have been, and tortuous from the 

 nature of the country, the distances noted as traversed must have 

 been calculated not so much by linear measure, as by the difficulties 

 encountered and the delays entailed. 



" Independent of these objections, this lofty snow peak is neither 

 visible from the valley of Nepaul on account of an intervening 

 though lower snow mount, nor even from the confines of Sikkim, 

 for a similar reason. And great as Mr. Hodgson's knowledge of 

 the mountainous region of Nepaul may be, his authority on the 

 question at issue can be received only with diffidence, because it is 

 enunciated without personal observation, and based upon the vague 

 information of untrained travellers. 



" (Signed) J. W. Armstrong, 



" Civil Asst. Q. T. Survey," 



Memo, by Lieut. J. F. Tennant, Engrs. y 1st Asst, G, T. Survey 

 in charge of Jogi Tila Merl. Seizes. 



During the identification of Col. Crawford's Peaks, and the dis- 



