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THR HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. 
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il l liy a nob'e forest of pine, oak, and rho. 
■ 0.1 the 22d of June he reached the top o 
hur!i;;eo, (or ascent,) 12,642 feet above Cal 
Pit, 
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. ^ . e was pteven'ei from distinguishing very dis- 
<■ o.ijacts by a dense fog around him; but there was 
a E T ' ®- pafob of snow near him, and the surface 
Cov'*^ ’ ack mould through which the rock peeped, was 
ter^ ’''ith strawberry plants (not yet in flower), but- 
Th'e^^P^’ dandelion, and a profusion of other flowers. 
®''°^'’i'ers of the hill above him, about 450 feet more 
air 
"■uu- r- " covered with the same to the top ; and 
aj,(j I below was a forest of pine, rhododendron, 
hu]i There was some snow seen below in deep 
hut it dissolves in the course of the season, 
li^it**®,® Captain Webb to infer, that the inferior 
Psi'petual congelation on the Ilimala mountains is 
^^>500 -feet, at least, above the level of Calcutta ; 
ateiy *-h® tiihlc land of I’artary, immedi- 
on the Himala, is very far elevated be- 
j"«rn the height at which it has been estimated. 
hoTis 1 either to make all the deduc- 
tliey Z ■will afford, or to slum any errors that 
groiiH(i*^ .‘”'^“he, ^ think, yield some 
'^'axled ” “’Perence to estimate the height to which I as- 
hei^w consequently, give some approximation to 
Oj, ? ^ .op the Siiri-oiinfting peaks, 
dar^ oight of the l6'th July we slept at Blieemkeii- 
here source of the Coonoo and Bheem sti’eains. 
of ^rood near this place, even in the very bot- 
a Con* "V ’ ®fonted birch 
'^hin of distance below: but there was a profu- 
*Se. ferns, thistles, &c., and luxuriant pastur- 
'®>C0o ti* f*” ''Webb’s limit of wood is at least as high as 
site of tn feet. 
'U lilj, 
I would, therefore, presume the 
13 h>e considerably above that level ; 
■ orn then ^^,300 feet above the level of Calcutta. 
'■*'on Ypj We ascended at first rather gradually, and 
j.Pd cntererWK*^^^*’ ® luxuriant vegetation, 
toeltin'^”* region of striped and scattered and par- 
till W'e left all luxuriant vegetation. 
y ‘''ffor.) ' soow, (for nearly two miles of the peram- 
the distance passed, and ad- 
& elevation we had attained, I would presume 
