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Art. XVII. — Account of part of a Journey through the Hi^ 
malaya Mountains. By Messrs A. and P. Gerard Com- 
municated by Colonel Gerard. 
F ROM Soobathoo, in Lat. 30° 58', and Long. 77“ 2', situated 
about 20 miles from the plains, and 4200 feet above the level of 
the sea, I marched to Numbeg, 9 miles. 3^ miles from Sooba- 
thoo I crossed the Gumbur, an inconsiderable stream, but it had 
swollen so much frdim late rains, that its passage was effected with 
great difficulty. The road was a descent to the Gumbur, from 
which it slightly ascended. 
22d September. — Marched to Semta, 13 miles. The road » 
for the first 8^ miles was almost plain, then there was a steep as- 
cent of 1 1 miles, and the last 3 were excellent, winding near the 
top of a range 7000 feet high, and lying through a noble wood 
of many varieties of oak and pine. 
23d September. — Marched to Bunee, 11 miles. The road 
was plain, leading amongst deep forests of pine, at the height of 
8000 and 9000 feet above the sea. Thus far the path, which is 
practicable upon horseback, has been made by a company of pio- 
neers, for the facility of communication with the cantonment of 
Katgoor, 34 miles farther to the NE. 
9^Mh September. — Marched to Pulana, 10 miles. Left the 
made road 6 miles from last camp, and descended by an indif- 
ferent footpath to the village which belongs to the Rana of 
Theog. 
25^/i September. to Kotkhaee, 11 miles. The road 
lay along the banks of the Giree, one of the branches of the 
Jumna, and was often rocky and dangerous, the footpath being 
frequently overgrown with grass, and seldom half a foot in 
breadth. 
* This curious and interesting article, was read at the Royal Society of Edin- 
burgh, on the 17th February 1324. The Barometrical and Trigonometrical 
Observations which it contains may be considered as removing all doubt respec- 
tHig the heights of the Himalaya Mountains. — D. B, 
