^ .;,.;■ m^ ! • AN -ESSAY "'OH ::' OG ^\: r: 



f Should you deem the intelligence colle6led in this tour wdrthy of 

 communication, you may perliaps wish, that, in, addition ta the map, I 

 thould give a summary of the geographical information acquired : and 

 these, with the account which I formerly sent you of the trade carried on. 

 with the transalpine countries,* compose my exclusive share of the cora"" 

 munication. ' s: :f.dx>frr ,x.-.. ^.v, .•; \^ 



« The abstract of material positions ascertained is as follows ; and I am 

 perfectly satisfied with the correctness of all the results, excepting that 

 of Ce'ddr-ndth; and even this cannot fail of being a very near approxima^ 



tion, '^ 



Gangonitri, La,t. 



31 4 N. 



( Long. 



from) 



78 



59 



K 



Jamoutri, 



31 23, N. 



■; Greenwich^ 



78 



31 



E. 



Ceddr-ndth, - 



30 53' N; 







'79' 



19 



E. 



Bhadrlndthy - 



30 43 N. 



_ 





79. 



38 



E.. 



Dedpraydg^ - 



30 9 N. 



- 





78 



31 



E. 



Srinagar, 



30 U N. 



- 





78' 



43 



E, 



Almora, 



2.9 36 N. 



- 





79 



■43 



E. 



Source of the > 

 Ramgangd R.y 



30 7 N. 



" 





79. 



23 



E., 



Fcrrmatioi! of the Gogra river bj the 

 two streams at Baghiswar. 



iimction of) 



•^ >29 55 N. 79 52 E; 



^ CoNSiDERrNG the most important information gained, to be a know* 

 ledge that the sources of the G«;z^^5 are southward of the Himdlayay I 

 subjoin my reasons for adopting this opinion : 



Ist. ' It had been universally experienced, during our journey, that the 

 supply of water from springs, and numerous tributary streams, was suffi- 

 cient, in a course of eight or ten miles, to swell the most minute rivulet 

 into a considerable and unfordable stream, et vice versa. Now the course 

 of the Bhdgirat'hi and Alacafiandd rivers was followed, till the former 



* laseited in a note in the following narrative of the journey. 



