But it was delirable to liave" a ftation of verification, ifJ' may- fd 

 term. it, as far fouth as. poSible, and- 1 fele61ed Pilibkit for this pwrpoff**. 

 The geographical pofiuon of, the great mofqiae at that, place had been 



given by -Mr. Bur row, in this catalogue, and I purport:d adopting it, as 

 the fii ft meridian of my furvey.i -by which- .raeans,. my map would be 



immediately connefled With i\\2i.ioi.Rohilkhamd^'.:ind I leferved the veri«- 

 fysng of the abfolute longitude of PilibhU^ till leifure and- opportuni- 

 ty fhould permit me to make a feries of obfervations, .correlpondent- 

 with others at ihcMizdras , OssiLRyAToay for that purpofe*-: 



The fnowy peaks^ Nos. Xifl^ XIX^ and XXV, are didinclly vilibls;-^ 

 from a grove, nsar the town^ which became my ilation, and I was enabled - 

 to connecl it wish a minarei of the „gr«at mofque, by a lingk triangle, 

 one fide of which' wastm^afuredo The true azimuth of the minaret,. 

 and the diftance fo obtaioe«3, . gave it§. difference of iatimde from my. 

 ilation o 5204 foiitherly, Alfo the latitudes of the fnowy ,peaks> a§,-, 

 fed by my furyeya, were refped.ively^ „ 



xni ^ 20- 15 ■ m,'i 'N. 



X3X = 30 )-2 1S.1 No- 

 2i.XV= 29 5g 45? No 



■Thb horizontal angles, fobfeoded by the ahovementioned p€a¥%'. 

 'jrcre obferved, and their federal azimuihsaftronomically compatedo 



A=^suM?NG the pofitioo of 'the fnOwy peal^t to have been truly given 

 by my furvey, I compated, ( as in Cafe ifl,-), their- refpeiHve diltaoces- 

 from ray (latlon, whichcame out bythexalcalation as under; - 



Xin rn 97MI futtsomso XIX s PSSiSO fathoms. ' XXV r= 960S0 fa'.homs,, 



These diilan.cesj computed with the true angle* of azimuth, gave 

 their differences of, latitdd:", and conlequently .the latitude of my fla*-.,. 

 'ftion^ and th^u of the mofque, as 10110 ws s _, 



