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oreground. p.73Fig. 7. Women's head-dresses--the two outer, Lepcha girls; the twoinner, Tibetan women. p.86Fig. 8. Tibet marmot. Sketched by J. E. Winterbottom, Esq. p.93Fig. 9. Lachoong valley (looking south), larch tree in theforeground. p.103Fig. 10. Conical ancient moraines in the Lachoong valley, with Abiesbrunoniana and smithiana. p.104Fig. 11. Head and legs of Tibet marmot. Sketched by J. E.Winterbottom, Esq. p.106Fig. 12. Block of gneiss with granite bands, on the Kinchinjhowglacier. p.135Fig. 13. Summit of forked Donkia mountain, with Goa antelopes in theforeground; from 17,500 feet elevation. p.139Fig. 14. View of the eastern top of Kinchinjhow, and Tibet in thedistance, with wild sheep in the foreground; from an elevation of18,000 feet. p.140Fig. 15. Head of Chiru antelope, the unicorn of Tibet. From a sketchby Lieut. H. Maxwell. p.158Fig. 16. A Phud, or Tibetan mendicant. Sketched at Dorjiling by MissColvile. p.187Fig. 17. Tea (brick of), tea-pot, wooden cup,

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1672 Jan. 51.0 50.2 0.8 .377

5 Pemiongchi,

Great Rungeet 1840 Dec. 54.6 53.7 0.9 .424

11 Punkabaree 1850 March 70.1 55.6 14.5 .472

Ditto 1850 May 73.5 68.3 5.2 .687

10 Guard house 1864 April 73.7 63.8 9.9 .592

(Gt. Rungeet)

48 Mean 66.3 58.8 7.5 .512

CALCUTTA.

No. of

Obs. Locality Elev. Month Tem. D.P. Diff. Tens ---------------------------------------------------------------------

3 Katong Ghat. 735 Dec. 73.2 56.7 16.5 .468

Teesta river

2 Great Rungeet, at bridge 818 April 95.8 61.9 33.9 .557

1 Ditto 818 May 91.7 78.3 13.4 .947

3 Tambur river, E. Nepal 1388 Nov. 73.3 62.7 10.6 .571

1 Ditto 1457 Nov. 77.3 63.4 13.9 .585

6 Bhomsong, Teesta river 1596 Dec. 71.6 57.0 14.6 .474

1 Ditto 1596 May 82.6 77.4 5.2 .923

5 Little Rungeet 1672 Jan. 58.5 58.0 0.5 .489

5 Pemiongchi,

Great Rungeet 1840 Dec. 73.5 66.2 7.3 .642

11 Punkabaree 1850 March 79.2 62.6 16.6 .570

Ditto 1850 May 83.7 77.9 5.8 .938

10 Guard house 1864 April 92.4 67.0 25.4 .660

(Gt. Rungeet)

48 Mean 79.4 65.8 13.6 .652

Humidity 0.717 Calcutta 0.663

Weight of vapour 5.57 gr. ,, 6.88 gr.

ELEVATION 2000 TO 3000 FEET.

EASTERN NEPAL AND SIKKIM.

No. of

Obs. Locality Elev. Month Tem. D.P. Diff. Tens ---------------------------------------------------------------------

2 Singdong 2116 Dec. 60.5 53.4 7.1 .419

8 Mywa Guola, E. Nepal 2132 Nov. 66.2 57.5 8.7 .481

3 Pemmi river, E. Nepal 2256 Nov. 55.6 53.9 1.7 .426

3 Tambur river, E. Nepal 2545 Nov. 57.3 51.6 5.7 .394

2 Blingbong (Teesta) 2684 May 72.6 64.0 8.6 .597

8 Lingo (Teesta) 2782 May 75.8 67.3 8.5 .666

12 Serriomsa (Teesta) 2820 Dec. 64.1 56.8 7.3 .469

8 Lingmo (Teesta) 2849 May 68.6 64.6 4.0 .610

3 Ditto 2952 Dec. 56.4 53.5 2.9 .420

49 Mean 64.1 58.1 6.1 .498

ELEVATION 2000 TO 3000 FEET.

EASTERN NEPAL AND SIKKIM.

No. of

Obs. Locality Elev. Month Tem. D.P. Diff. Tens ---------------------------------------------------------------------

2 Singdong 2116 Dec. 72.1 52.9 19.2 .411

8 Mywa Guola, E. Nepal 2132 Nov. 75.7 68.7 7.0 .697

3 Pemmi river, E. Nepal 2256 Nov. 62.9 62.3 0.6 .566

3 Tambur river, E. Nepal 2545 Nov. 75.0 63.7 11.3 .591

2 Blingbong (Teesta) 2684 May 81.7 73.6 8.1 .817

8 Lingo (Teesta) 2782 May 90.7 77.7 13.0 .932

12 Serriomsa (Teesta) 2820 Dec. 70.8 62.4 8.4 .567

8 Lingmo (Teesta) 2849 May 87.9 74.9 13.0 .851

3 Ditto 2952 Dec. 69.5 66.5 3.0 .647

49 Mean 76.3 67.0 9.3 .675

Humidity 0.820 Calcutta 0.740

Weight of vapour 5.45 gr. ,, 7.13 gr.

ELEVATION 3000 TO 4000 FEET.

EASTERN NEPAL AND SIKKIM.

No. of

Obs. Locality Elev. Month Tem. D.P. Diff. Tens ---------------------------------------------------------------------

5 Kulhait river 3159 Jan. 49.8 47.0 2.8 .337

9 Ratong river 3171 Jan. 44.2 43.0 1.2 .294

3 Tambur river 3201 Nov. 53.0 50.0 3.0 .373

2 Chingtam 3404 Nov. 54.8 49.0 5.8 .360

2 Tikbotang 3763 Dec. 56.5 53.4 3.1 .419

7 Myong Valley 3782 Oct. 61.4 58.4 3.0 .496

7 Iwa river 3783 Dec. 47.5 45.6 1.9 .321

1 Ratong river 3790 Jan. 56.2 41.1 15.1 .275

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