2 BHOTIA MEHALS 



province. The southern line of demarcation is, by no means, continued or 

 well defined, intervals between the snoAvy peak presenting themselves 

 in the neighbourhood of the principal rivers ; the most considerable of 

 these occurs at the foot of the Niti Pass, where the line of perpetual 

 snow recedes full a quarter of a degree to the north. 



At the intervals in question, are found the mouths of the Tartar 

 Passes, five in number, and commencing from the west, as follows : — 



Mana, on the Sarasivati, ) 



> Branches of the Ganges. 

 Niti, on the Dull, ... .) 



Juwar, on the Gauri, -^ 



Darma, on the Dhouli, > Branches of the Sarcla or Gogra. 



JByanse, on the Kali, 5 



The productive and habitable portion of Bhot, is confined to the 

 passes and their immediate neighbourhood, and does not exceed a 

 sixteenth of its total extent ; the remainder consists of snow or barren 

 rocks. 



The minimum elevation in the several passes may be taken at 

 six thousand feet above the sea, while at their crests, the height varies 

 from above twenty thousand feet on Mana, to about fifteen thousand feet 

 on Byanse. The altitudes of the peaks, have been calculated by 

 Captain Webb : the maximum appears to be above twenty-five thousand 

 feet.* 



The 



Note.— The height of the Peak Nanda Devi, is, by Captain Webb's operations, 25,669 feet. 

 Ditto ditto, by Major Hodgson and Captain Herbert, 25,749 ditto. 

 Mean height 25,709. 



