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7 19 30. 958 59 § 
Horary angle....A.—M. oy 19 0.0.55. 2 
oo OS Or’ 0. 52° 2 
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PM. Se sl  O0- 55 8 
6 28 0 O 42 6 
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Mean latitude of the hot springs of Jumnofri..........30 58 52 I 
re Se 
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‘Tur latitude of the small fall or rill, which may more properly be 
called the head of the Jumna, will be 30 59 06. 
Havine finished my observations by two o’clock, I set out to return 3 
the heat of the sun had then began to melt the snow. on the clifis on 
both sides, and many. rocks and lumps of snow were falling downs this 
obliged us to run with all speed down the snow bed, to get out of the 
way of these missiles:—several of the people had narrow escapes from 
the falling fragments, but no one was struck. 
Tus inhabitants of Cursalt say, that it is 17 years since they had so 
| severe a winter as the last.—At Jumnotri, the inclination of the granite 
rock is from 43 to 45—from the horizon.—The apex being to the S. W. 
or towards the plains. 
As the season was not sufficiently advanced to allow of my passing 
to the Ganges by the Chia or Cilsawm mountains, both of which are 
