230 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [July, 



M. Struvo, iu our Geographical Report on Central Asia, fixes the 

 latitude of Samarkand at 39° 38' 45", and its longitude 64° 38' 12", E. 

 of Paris. 



III. — Notes on a Trip across the Patlcoi Rang e* from Assam to the 

 Hookoong Valley. — By H. L. Jenkins, Esq. 



Last year I was unable to get beyond the Nongyang Lake, part- 

 ly from want of provisions, and partly owing to my having started 

 late in the season, the Singfoos were too busy reaping their crops 

 to accompany me. I attempted to start much earlier this season 

 with my friend, Mr. A. J. Peal ; but some of the Singfoos who had 

 agreed to show the road were unfortunately detained by a lawsuit. 

 Waiting for them, we lost several days, and ultimately did not leave 

 the last village on the Namroop till the 6th December. Following 

 the path described last year up the Namroop riVer, and then up 

 the Nambong and Nunkee streams, we reached the summit of the 

 Patkoi about 2 o'clock on the 8th December. To our great disap- 

 pointment on examining the barometer we found it broken and- 

 useless. "Water boiled at a temperature of 208, giving, an altitude 

 of about 2,140 feet. The air was very clear, and it was plain to 

 see that the Patkoi, which is here only a single ridge, could be 

 crossed five or six hundred feet lower by making a slight bend to^ 

 the westward of the present path. That night we descended, some 

 three or four hundred feet and camped near a small spring o£ 

 water. 



Continuing the descent very gradually the next day in an easter- 

 ly direction we crossed the stream from the Nongyang Lake about 

 noon, and then ascended the Digoom hill and stopped at the first 

 water we could find on its eastern slope. We estimated the dis- 

 tance travelled that day at fifteen miles. The path lay through ' 

 thick forest ; we lost it several times during the day, and were ob- 

 liged to halt whilst the Singfoos dispersed themselves in all direc- 

 tions to find it. 



Early on the following day we came on a small stream, also 

 called Digoom, and went down its bed, for some hours occasionally 



* For a Map vide Mr. Jenkins' first paper published in Proceedings Asiatio 

 Society, Bengal, ibx 1801), pp. 07 to 71. Tue Ediiou. 



