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Latrty Distance.ssesessecreenenveseres dy 800 fect. 
jy Latitude ..cscseccsces cer cecseecseecngs 182, 54 46 tT 
| Correct bearing . wa algae denerzescerseser ces ae 00 S. of EX or 167 
A -ROcK on the ereat snowy | bed, over which we are to pass, proved. to 
be distant 9044 feet, and its height above: this place 984 feet, the angle 
of elevation being 6 15, which is the general: inclination of the snow 
beds. as our Progress was continued far beyond this rock, it-will easily 
be imagined that the et or summit of the bed,. then distant 5 or more 
miles by estimation, must have a very considerable elevation. 
Wes had brought very feww followers onwards from Gan gotré, but 
bi we sent back every. one we could possibly dispense with,. that our 
"small stock Jf Seg a might subsist the remainder, who were a few trusty 
fellows ( Musulmans), 2 2Gorc’ha Sipéhts, and a few Coolies, for two days 
or three if possible, in the event of our being able to get over the snow in 
front. And I sent orders to the people at Gangotré to leave grain there, 
if they had any to spare, and if they did. not hear of any supply coming 
from Reital, to make the best of their way back tll they met it, and then 
to halt for us, and send some on to us.—Having made alf the arrangements 
we could, on the important head of supplies, and made observations, we 
had leisure to admire the very singular scenery around us,.of which it is 
unpossible to give an adequate description.. 
Tue dazzling. brilliancy of the snow was rendered more striking by 
its contrast with the dark blue colour of the sky, which is caused by 
