Mr Fi’ascr'’s Joiirnt^ to flit Sources (rf^tlie Ganges. 1^9 
about 17,000 feet. Here Oic cold in tlie middle of July was in- 
tense to the most painful degree. Immediate sleep attended 
every cessation of motion ; and respiration became so difficult 
as painfully to oppress and debilitate his whole party. From 
this highest position, B underpooch (the Jumnatree of Webb and 
Colebrooke) was distant in a direct line about two and a half 
miles, and Sommeroo-purbut, another mighty pinnacle of the 
range, about one mile. Mr Fraser estimates B underpooch, the 
highest of the two, at about 4000 feet above his position, there- 
by assigning to it an elevation less than that of Mr Colebrooke 
by about 4000 feet. 
Mr Fraser found that portion of the Himalaya range lying 
between the Baghirutee and the valley of Nepaul to include the 
loftiest peaks ; the mountains declining in height both to the 
north-west and south-east ; and his general opinion is, that the 
highest of the Himalaya mountains range from 18,000 to 22,000, 
or at the utmost 2S,000 feet above the level of the sea. His ob- 
servations coincide with those of Mr Moorcroft, in refuting the 
idea suggested by Humboldt, that a loftier ridge may yet exist 
on the side of Tibet. The Caillas ridge, lying on the north of 
the Himalaya, as described by Moorcroft and Hearsing, evident- 
ly consists of hills of far inferior altitude to those seen from the 
Bengal side. 
T wenty-five drawings on a very large scale, executed by Mr 
Fraser from his own sketches, taken, and many of them colour- 
ed, on the spot, accompany the journal: These even, as 
works of art, possess very distinguished merit; but when we 
consider them as exhibiting the magnilicent features of an alpine 
country on a scale far exceeding any thing known to European, 
eyes, and as bearing upon them that air of originality and fideli- 
ty, which, in the opinion of the ablest judges, so eminently 
characterizes them, they acquire a higher character, and must 
add greatly to the value of the work. 
Very copious extracts from Mr FraseFs journal, were lately 
read at the Boyal Society of Edinburgh, and from the high 
degree of interest which they excited, we wait with much im , 
patience for the publication of the whole work, 
VOL. I. NO. I. JUNE 1819. 
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