1840.] Russian Mission from Orenhourg to Bokhara, 



I have fixed the frontier of great Tibet in 35° 50' N. lat. and 76*» 35' E. 

 long, from Paris* The following latitudes and longitudes I have 

 drawn from the tables of the great Oriental geographer Oloug-beg, 

 which I procured at Bokhara; and I place them beside those to be seen 

 in the edition published by Gravius in 1652 ; the latitude of Bokhara is 

 the only one I have been able to verify, and found correct to within about 

 two minutes. 



Table ofLatitvdes and Longitudes according to the Bokharian Manuscript, 



Names. 



Latitude. 



Longi- 

 tude. 



By Gravius. 



Bokhara 



Samercand 



Carchi or Nesef. 



Khodjend 



Badakbchan 



Anderab 



Kech 



Koubadian. . «. 



Talikhan. 



Khowarezm or new Korkandj .. 



Darghana-tach or Korkandj 



Hezarasp 



Kath 



i)arghan 



Izfidjab 



Taraz 



Ourouchna or Osrouchnah 



Saghanian 



Bech-kend or Penkat 



Ilak or Tounkat 



Ferghana or Akhsekat 



durkend 



Och 



Kachghar. 



Houchach or Tchad j...... . . . 



39 50 

 39 37 

 39 „ 



41 55 

 37 10 



36 „ 

 39 30 



37 45 



37 25 



42 35 



42 17 

 41 „ 



41 3() 



39 30 



43 36 



44 31 



40 „ 



38 14 

 43 „ 

 43 25 



43 25 



44 „ 



43 20 



44 „ 



42 30 



97 30 

 99 16 



98 „ 

 105 35 



104 24 



108 45 



99 30 

 102 „ 

 102 50 



93 45 



94 30 



95 „ 

 95 „ 

 94 15 

 99 50 

 99 50 



105 „ 



105 30 

 101 „ 

 101 „ 



101 20 



102 50 

 102 20 



106 30 



109 „ 



Latitude. 



The accounts given by Oloug-beg do not agree with these I have 

 obtained elsewhere; they are, however, so far curious, that this author 

 mention towns which no longer exist, and of which no traces even are 

 left: perhaps, however, I might have been able to give some interest- 

 ing information concerning the ruins of these towns and the history 

 of their destruction, had opportunities occurred of consulting Bokhari- 

 ans possessed of more intelligence than those that fell in my way. From 

 Kachghar to Semipalatinsk, the journey occupies fifty-five days, twelve 

 of which are to Askou, and twenty-five to Kouldja. 



