Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

by Joseph Dalton Hooker

Churra Poonji
Date June 13 to 26
Calcutta Observations 86.3 degrees
Number of Observations 63
Churra Observations 70.1 degrees
Number of Observations 67
1 degree= 300 feet
Altitude above the Sea 4,069 feet

Date August 7 to September 4
Calcutta Observations 84.6 degrees
Number of Observations 196
Churra Observations 69.2 degrees
Number of Observations 214
1 degree= 331 feet
Altitude above the Sea 4,225 feet

Date October 29 to November 16
Calcutta Observations 80.7 degrees
Number of Observations 85
Churra Observations 63.1 degrees
Number of Observations 133
1 degree= 282 feet
Altitude above the Sea 4,225 feet

Total Calcutta Observations 354
Total Churra Observations 414
Mean 1 degree= 304 feet

Kala-panee
Date June, Aug., Sept.
Calcutta Observations 85.5 degrees
Number of Observations 35
Khasia Observations 67.4 degrees
Number of Observations 35
1 degree= 345 feet
Altitude above the Sea 5,302 feet

Moflong
Date June, July, Aug., Oct.
Calcutta Observations 85.9 degrees
Number of Observations 73
Khasia Observations 68.8 degrees
Number of Observations 74
1 degree= 373 feet
Altitude above the Sea 6,062 feet

Syong
Date
Calcutta Observations 85.1 degrees
Number of Observations 4
Khasia Observations 65.0 degrees
Number of Observations 6
1 degree= 332 feet
Altitude above the Sea 5,734 feet

Myrung
Date August
Calcutta Observations 89.1 degrees
Number of Observations 42
Khasia Observations 69.7 degrees
Number of Observations 41
1 degree= 343 feet
Altitude above the Sea 5,632 feet

Myrung
Date October
Calcutta Observations 82.9 degrees
Number of Observations 21
Khasia Observations 63.2 degrees
Number of Observations 58
1 degree= 336 feet
Altitude above the Sea 5,632 feet

Nunklow
Calcutta Observations 86.4 degrees
Number of Observations 139
Khasia Observations 70.9 degrees
Number of Observations 139
1 degree= 372 feet
Altitude above the Sea 4,688 feet