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WAUGH ON MOUNTS EVEREST AND DEODANGA. [Jan. 11, 1858. 
all the information we possess of it is derived from the reports of 
persons who are totally devoid of scientific knowledge, and are 
accustomed in their comparisons of distances to trust to vague 
estimates formed by parties who have travelled through the dif- 
ferent districts.” 
With respect to the sketch map it will be seen that Mr. Hodgson 
gives only one isolated peak, segregated from all the rest, whereas 
nothing can be more contrary to the fact as regards the Himalayas ; 
besides, the configuration of the ground must be very different from 
that represented by Mr. Hodgson, being in fact difficult in the ex- 
treme. There is, however, no evidence to show that Mount Everest 
and Deodanga are identical. Mr. Hodgson says, “ The Bhutia Cosi 
has its sources at Deodanga, a vast Himalayan peak, situated some 
60 or 70 miles east of Gosainthan, and a little north and east of the 
Kuti Pass, being probably the nameless peak * which Colonel Waugh 
conjectures may rival Kanchanjinga in height. The river flows 
from the base of Deodanga, past the town of Kuti, and has a 
south-west direction from Kuti to Dallalghat.” — Vide ‘ Memorandum 
on the Seven Cosis.’ 
Now, on comparing Mr. Hodgson’s sketch with the accompanying 
chart, which exhibits all our peaks laid down between Katmandu 
and Darjiling, it will be seen that it is not likely the Bhutia Cosi 
could have its sources at our Mount Everest, because it appears to 
me, as far as I can judge, that the Dud Cosi, which rises “ amid 
the perpetual snows,” and also the Arun Cosi, would be to the left 
and right of Mount Everest respectively, so that it does not seem 
clear how the Bhutia Cosi can originate from our Mount Everest. 
Again, Mr. Hodgson says — “ This great mass is visible alike 
from the confines of Nepal proper (the valley), and from those of 
Sikkim, and all the more unmistakeably because it has no com- 
petitor for notice in the whole intervening space. It is precisely 
half way between Gosainthan, which overlooks Nepal proper, and 
Kanchang, which overlooks Sikkim.” Now, a slight computation 
will serve to show that Mount Everest is invisible from the valley, 
being depressed nearly one minute and thirty seconds below XVIII. 
The most conspicuous mass visible from Katmandu or the valley 
would be our peaks XIX. and XX. Nor is Mount Everest visible 
from the confines of Sikkim, as Major Sherwill did not see it anywhere 
on his route from Singelelah to Kanglanamo ; the height of the latter 
place Major Sherwill ^estimates to be 13,000 feet. He says, “ One 
mountain in the Nepal range is a most remarkable object, both for 
* The words underlined by me are omitted in Mr. Hodgson’s communication 
on the Native Name of Mount Everest, J. A. S., No. 5, 1856. 
