1860] Tableau of High Asia. 51 



Comparative, hypso metrical and physical Tableau of High Asia, the 

 Andes, and the Alps. — By Robert de Schlagintweit, Professor 

 at the University of Giessen. 



Contents. — I. Geographical configurations. 1. Plateaux. 2. Passes 

 3. Peaks. 



II. Hydrography. 1. Lakes. 2. Springs. 



III. Physical phenomena. 1. Snow-fall. 2. Snow-line. 



3. Glaciers. 



IV. The varieties of habitation. 1 Towns and villages. 



2. Pasture grounds. 



V. Extreme heights visited by man. 1. Mountain-ascents. 



2. Balloon-ascents. 3. Effect of height. 



VI. Limits of vegetation and animal life. 



Remarks. — 1. Drawings of many of the objects (plateaus, peaks, 

 towns, &c.) mentioned in this Tableau, as well as panoramic pro- 

 files and maps, are contained in the Atlas to the " Results of a 

 scientific mission to India and High Asia," by Hermann, Adol- 

 phe, and Robert de Schlagintweit. 



2. The heights, given in English feet, are absolute, referring 

 to mean sea-level. 



Transcription. — Vowels and diphthongs sound as in Italian and Ger- 

 man : & = u in " but ;" a = an in the French " gant ;" ii == ii 

 in German.— Consonants as in English. The sign ' marks the 

 syllable to be accentuated. 

 The materials, upon which this comparative tableau is based, are : 



For High Asia, viz. — The Himalaya, Western Tibet, the Karakorum 

 and Kunliin, our own travels and observations, combined with the 

 valuable data of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, and 

 with those of our predecessors. 



For the Andes. — The celebrated " Voyages aux regions equinoctiales," 

 by Alexander de Humboldt, which possess to this day the high- 

 est value and importance ; in his recent publications,* the newest 

 contributions of science have been added with a master's hand. 



* Kosmos. — Ansicliten der Natur, 3rd edition. — Kleinere Schriften, — I always 

 quote the original, German edition. 



