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JsTurrciiive of a survey Jhr '£he purpose of discovering 

 ;; the sources .of :the Ganges, 



By Caft/F:^V/RAPEK 

 - CoinintinCcatelJ. Sp t|e preisttsmt ■ 



J- HE informaticm of which geographers are hitherto in possession 



regarding the source or sources of the Ganges, being uncertain and 

 unsatisfactory, the supreme government of Bengal determined, in 1807, 

 ta authorize a survey of the course of that river, up to its fountain, or as 

 far as might be practicable ; and Lieut, CoL Colebrooke, the surveyor 

 general, then employed on a survey ' of the newly acquired provinces, 

 ■was directed to execute this commission. Colonel Colebrooke's long 

 and extensive experience, together With the ardent zeal which he had 

 always displayed for the advancement of geographical knowledge, quali- 

 fxed. him eminently for this task ; but he was rendered unable to proceed 

 by the fatal malady which terminated' his useful and meritorious labours. 

 At his recpmmendationj Lieutenant Webb was nominated to continue 



