l28 Mr Fraser’s Journty to the sources c^tht Ganges, 
have carried the art of agriculture, not inferior to the most 
civilized nations of Europe. 
The Natural History of this new region furnishes to Mr Fra- 
ser an ample field of inquiry, and his descriptions of animal and 
vegetable nature, are curious and interesting. Acknowledging 
with regret his own imperfect acquaintance with the science of 
Mineralogy, he has, notwithstanding, made every exertion to 
contribute even to this department of knowledge, by collect- 
ing specimens of all the difterent rocks as they occurred, and 
marking on the spot their characters, &c. These specimens 
have been transmitted to the Geological Society of London. 
The Geographical observations which Mr Fraser made in the 
course of his journey, are condensed into a separate memoir. 
These formed a leading object of his attention. Having carried 
with him a theodolite, perambulator, and other instruments, a 
survey, as accurate as the nature of the country and state of 
the atmosphere would admit, has been made of this region, 
hitherto a blank in the Geography of Hindustan. 
Mr Fraser’s Map, which is laid down on the scale of four 
miles to an inch, is divided into two portions. The first ex- 
tends from the latitude of Hurd war to that of Seran on the 
Sutledge, giving a survey, made from trigonometrical observa- 
tions, of the districts of Gurwhal, Surmore, Joobul, Bulsum, 
Rewaeen, and part of Bisehur, with the course of the Sutledge, 
Jumna, and Baghirutee branch of the Ganges. 
The second portion comprehends the course of the Sutledge 
north of Seran, with that of the Singkechoo or Eekung, the 
principal branch of the Indus. The whole of this portion of 
the map is laid down on the authority of native merchants, and 
the principal points are the situations where fairs are held at 
different seasons for the purchase of shawl- wool, a monopoly of 
which is possessed by the Government of Lodach. 
It is much to be regretted that Mr Fraser was not possessed 
of instruments, for ascertaining the altitude which he reached, 
in crossing the snowy range. The British Camp from which 
he set out on this expedition, afforded neither a barometer nor 
thermometer. Judging, however, from his ascent above the 
region of congelation, as estimated by Mr Colebrooke, he gives 
tolerable data for fixing the highest position he attained, at 
