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West frontier ; this would add to his difficulties in leaving their 

 country again. 



4. Report from Mani and N&in Singh. Almdra, Jan. 1859. 



[Mani and Nain Singh, Bhot-Rajputs from the highest valleys 

 of the Himalaya have been during 2 summers in our service; 

 Mani also went with us to Turkistan, whilst Nain Singh (with the 

 native doctor Harkishen) remained at the magnetic observatory at 

 Leh. We always found them most faithful servants ; they also 

 were of great assistance to us by their knowledge of the Tibetan 

 and by their clever and prudent behaviour towards the Natives.] 



Mani and Nain Singh from Milum in Johar, left Adolphe Schla- 

 gintweit at Peshaur in January 1857, and returned to their own 

 country during the next three months making a few observations by 

 the way, after this they had no further communication with Adol- 

 phe Schlagintweit, excepting only by a message sent in March 

 1857 through Captain H. Strachey, 66th Gorkhas, which request- 

 ed Mani to join Adolphe Schlagintweit again either at Kangra 

 in April or later in Ladak, which however Mani did not attempt. 



Going as usual to the Gartok fair in the summer of 1857, Mani 

 heard only some vague reports about Adolphe Schlagintweit from 

 traders from Ladak, the substance of which is already given. 



In December 1857, Mani received a packet of a hypsometer, 

 thermometers and other instruments with notes from Herman 

 Schlagintweit through Mr. B. Colvin, Assistant Commissioner of 

 Kamaon. These had been sent from Calcutta in April of that year 

 but owing to the disturbed state of affairs in Upper India soon 

 after, and Mani's absence in Tibet, their delivery was delayed till 

 his return to Johar at the end of the year. He made little or no 

 use of these instruments, and ultimately returned them to me 

 (Captain Strachey). 



In September 1858, Mani being again at the Gartok fair, got 

 some further information about Adolphe Schlagintweit chiefly 

 from Nurpur, a native of Sunam in Kanaur, trading to Ladak and 

 Yarkand. This person was himself at Yarkand in 1857. When 

 Adolphe Schlagintweit arrived in that quarter, the Turks of Ko- 

 kand were already at or near the city. Adolphe Schlagintweit 



