JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. VII.— 1853. 



Notes upon a Tour in the SikMm Hinialayah Mountains, undertaken 



for the purpose of ascertaining the Geological Formation of Kun- 



chinjinga and of the perpetually snow-covered peaks in its vicinity. 



— By Captain Walter Stanhope Sherwill, 'Revenue Surveyor. 

 (Concluded from page 570.) 



August 10th, 1852. — Direction north, still along the crest of Sin- 

 galeelah ; started at 7 a. M. on a beautiful sunny morning, the wea- 

 ther delicious and the air very pure, of which I took advantage, and 

 obtained the following bearings ; Tassiding Goompa east, Darjeeling 

 south-east, the houses being quite distinct and visible, and only 

 twenty -four miles distant by direct distance, but these twenty-four 

 miles have cost us seven long and laborious marches, or at the very 

 lowest computation, one hundred and forty-five miles of windings 

 and twistings of ascents and descents. Tendong* mountain E. 11° 

 S. The survey Flag Staff on the Tonglof mountain S. 11° E. Sun- 

 dhukphoo mountain S. 11° W. 



To the south-east the Teesta river was distinctly visible in the 

 plains south of the Morung Eorest. To the north Kunchinjinga 

 towered over the high peaks of Singaleelah. 



Looking to the west, the snowy range of Nepal, grander in its 

 proportions, if any thing, than the Darjeeling range, Kunchinjinga 

 always excepted, and the cultivated valleys of Nepal and some very 

 remarkable rocky and sterile peaks standing between the perpetual 

 snows and the upper limits of vegetation, presented us with a view 



* Ten tf permanent," Dong " resting-place." f Tonglo " Cotton tree." 



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