26i ON THE HEIGHT OF THE 



fublime pro fpecl contains preemptive evidence, that the remoter gla- 

 cieres of the Himalaya are ft ill more elevated : for he fpeaks of a neigh, 

 bouring mountain not lefs flupendous s yet furpafled by one of the 

 pyramidical peaks of the fnowy chain feen peeping over its towering 

 fummit. It may readily be credited, that the more acceffible moun- 

 tains which approach CaChmdndu, as Jibjibia, Dhaihiin and Dhuncha, 

 may be inferior in height to the abrupter peaks in the chain of the 

 Himalaya. 



Among the loftiefl in that chain is one diftinguifhed by the name of 

 Dhawala-giri or the white mountain, fituated, as is understood,* near the 

 fource of the Gandhac river called in its early courfe §dlag>dmt from 

 the fhiflous Hones containing remains or traces of ammonites found there 

 in the bed of the river and thence carried to all parts of India, where 

 they are worfhipped under the name olSdhgrdma ; the fpiral retreats 

 of antediluvian m oil ufcas being taken by the fuperflitious Hindu for 

 vifible traces of Vishnu. 



A high peak, among the molt confpicuous of thofe which are feen 

 from the plains o&Gorakbpur, and on that account felecled by Mr. 



Webb for a measurement, condu&ed by means of observations taken at 

 different Rations in that province, was pointed out to him as recognized 

 by the mountaineers to be Dbolagir (Dbawda-giri). Mr. Webb took the 

 bearings from four flations, and altitudes from three ; and the particu- 

 lars of his obfervation; are as follow. 



At Ration A, fituated near Kbatur, bearing of 

 the fnowy peak P, corrected for magnetic variati- 



Ki&kpatrick: Nepal. Sdlagrama ftones are found in great abundance near Muctiti&bi and mow 

 fparingly at Bum dher chad 'Rill nearer to the fource of the Ganfac, Colonel Crawford's MS, 



