The following were measured trigonometrically.
Forked Donkia mountain Tr.20,870
Kinchinjhow mountain Tr.22,750
Tomo-chamo, east top of Kinchinjhow Tr.21,000
Thlonok mount, Peak on Tr.20,000
Chango-khang mountain Tr.20,600
Tukcham mountain, from Dorjiling Tr.19,472
Chomiomo mountain Tr.22,700
Summit of Donkia (from Donkia pass and Bhomtso) Tr.22,650
Tunkra Mountain, from Dorjiling Tr.18,250
By
Dorjiling
Barometer
48 Yeumtong 11,933 11,839
7 Yeumtong, October 11,951
By
Yeumtong
Barometer
2 Snow bed above Yeumtong B.15,971 16,000
3 Punying B.11,299
By
Dorjiling
Barometer
51 Lachoong village, August B. 8,712 8,474
12 Lachoong village, October B. 8,705
8 Lacheepia B.15,293 15,231
2 Tunkra pass B.16,083
3 Rock on ascent to ditto B.13,078 13,144
4 Keadom B. 6,609
3 Tukcham village B. 3,849
5 Rinkpo village B. 6,008
7 Laghep B.10,423
1 Phieungoong B.12,422
3 Barfonchen B.11,233
1 Chola pass B.14,925
3 Chumanako B.12,590
17 Phadong B. 5,946
3 Tumloong, Nov. 3rd and 4th B. 5,368
105 Higher on hill, Nov. 16th to Dec. 9th B. 5,976
1 Yankoong B. 3,867
2 Tikbotang B. 3,763
3 Camp, Dec. 11th B. 2,952
12 Serriomsa B. 2,820
11 Dikkeeling B. 4,952
2 Singdong B. 2,116
3 Katong ghat, Teesta B. 735
5 Namten B. 4,483
6 Cheadam B. 4,653
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SERIES IX.—Khasia Mountains, June to November, 1850.
No. of Elevation
Obs. Name of Locality Feet
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36 Churra (Mr. Inglis's) 4,069
167 Churra bungalow opposite church, August 4,193
102 Churra bungalow opposite church, Oct., Nov. 4,258
25 Kala-panee bungalow 5,302
63 Moflong 6,062
1 Chillong hill 6,662
9 Syong bungalow 5,725
1 Hill south of ditto 6,050
32 Myrung bungalow, July 5,647
6 Myrung bungalow, Sept. 5,709
9 Chela 80
63 Nunklow 4,688
6 Noukreem 5,601
10 Mooshye 4,863
35 Pomrang 5,143
12 Amwee 4,105
9 Joowye 4,387
3 Nurtiung 4,178
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SERIES X.—Soormah, Silhet, Megna, Chittagong, etc.
No. of Elevation
Obs. Name of Locality Feet
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27 Silhet (Mr. Stainforth's) 133
38 Soormah river, between Silhet and Megna 46
36 Silchar 116
24 Megna river +.020*
12 Noacolly (Dr. Baker's) -.039
10 Noacolly on voyage to Chittagong .000**
72 Chittagong (Mr. Sconce's) 191
8 Chittagong flagstaff-hill at south head of harbour 151
2 Seetakoond hill 1,136
16 Seetakoond bungalow -.069*
3 Hat-Hazaree -.039
12 Hattiah -.049
4 Sidhee -.039
17 Chittagong to Megna -.014**
10 Eastern Sunderbunds +.002
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* Difference between barometer at station and Calcutta barometer.
** The observations were taken only when the boat was high and dry,
and above the mean level of the waters.
INDEX.
A
Abies, Brunoniana, i. 206, 209, 272, 274, 342; ii. 25, 32, 44, 108; Smithiana, ii. 25, 32, 45; Webbiana, i. 191, 272, 307, 342; ii. 44, 108. Abrus precatorius (note), i. 16. Acacia Arabica, i. 60, 80; Catechu, i. 31, 52, 393, 395; Serissa, i. 193. Acarus, ii. 173. Aconitum, Himalayan, ii. 108; palmatum, i. 168; Napellus, i. 168; variegatum (note), ii. 107. Acorns, abundance of, i. 373. Acorus Calamusa, i. 286. Actinolites, ii. 146. Adamia cyanea, i. 112. Adenanthera pavonina, ii. 328. AEgle Marmelos, i. 25, 50, (note) i. 16. Agates, i. 33, 91. Ailurua ochraceus, ii. 108. Akshobya, image of, i. 322. Alligator, i. 51, 54; droppings of in river banks, ii. 251. Alluvium, Gangetic, i. 88, 379. Alsophila gigantea, i. 110, 142; (note), ii. 13. spinulosa (note), ii. 13. Amber used in Sikkim, ii. 194. Ameletia Indica, i. 386. American plants in Himalaya, ii. 39. Amherstia, ii. 245. Amlah, Sikkim, ii. 192; examination by, ii. 211. Amulet, Tibetan, i. 166. Amwee, ii. 315. Andromeda, ii. 22, 39; fastigiata, i. 343. Andropogon acicularis, i. 385; muricatus, i. 42. Animals at Tungu, ii. 92. Antelope, ii. 132. Antilope Hodgsoni, ii. 157. Ants' hills, white, i. 20. Aponogeton, i. 62. Apoplexy, symptoms of at great elevations, ii. 178. Apple, crab, ii. 32; wild, i. 205; ii. 148. Aquilaria Agallocha, ii. 328. Aralia used for fodder, i. 359; pith yielding rice-paper, i. 359. Ararat, Mount, ii. 3. Areca gracilis, ii. 10 (note), i. 143. Arenaria rupifraga, ii. 89. Argemone Mexicana, i. 30. Arisoema, i. 49. Aristolochia saccata, ii. 6. Arrat, name of Lepchas, i. 127. Arrow-root, i. 93. Artemisia, headache produced by, ii. 20; Indica (note), ii. 20. Arums, food prepared from, ii. 49; poisoning by, ii. 75. Arun river, i. 224; ii. 124, 143; sources of, ii. 167. Asarum, ii. 48. Assam valley, view of, ii. 290. Ass, wild, ii. 172. (See Equus Hemionus and Kiang). Astragalus, used for making paper, ii. 162; Tibetan (note), ii. 165. Atmosphere, dry, i. 65; transparency of, ii. 127, 169. Atmospheric vapours, strata of, i. 188, 310. Attar of roses, i. 78. Aucuba, i. 126; ii. 39. Aurora Borealis, i. 37; Appendix, p. 384.
B
Baghoda, i. 26.
Baikant-pore, i. 393.
Bails, or Thuggee stations, i. 68.
Baisarbatti terrace, i. 401.
Baker, Dr., ii. 339.
Balanites, i. 25.
Balanophora, ii. 19, 47; cups made from, i. 132; knots caused by, i. 133.
Balasun river, i. 110, 402.
Bamboo, dwarf, i. 126; eatable grain of, i. 313; flowering of, i. 155, 158; kinds of in Khasia, ii. 268; kinds and uses of in Sikkim, i. 155, 158; planted, i. 386.
Bambusa stricta, i 30.
Bananas, wild, i. 20, 143; scarlet-fruited, ii. 319.
Ban, or Lepcha knife, i. 130.
Banyan tree, i. 18; of Calcutta gardens, ii. 246.
Barnes, Mr., i. 95; Mr. Charles, i. 114.
Barometer, accident to, ii. 139; observations on Jheela, ii, 258.
Baroon on Soane river, i. 35.
Bassia butyracea, i. 151; latifolia, i. 16.
Bath, hot, at Bhomsong, i. 305; at Momay, ii. 133; at Yeumtong, ii. 117.
Beadle, Lieut., i. 26.
Beaumontia, i. 401.
Bee, alpine, ii. 68; boring, i. 374; leaf-cutting, i. 46.
Beejaghur, i. 56.
Bees'-nests, i. 201; ii. 16.
Begonia, alpine, ii. 108.
Behar, hills of, i. 32.
Belcuppee, i. 28.
Bellows, Himalayan, ii 82; of Khasia, ii. 310; of leaves, i. 53.
Benares, i. 71; observatory at, i. 74.
Berberis Asiatica (note), i. 24; concinna, ii. 198; insignis, i. 364.
Betel-pepper, i. 99; ii. 327.
Bhaugulpore, i. 90; gardens at, i. 91.
Bhel fruit, i. 50.
Bhomsong, i. 297; ii. 8; temperature of soil at, i. 305.
Bhomtso, ii. 124, 164, 174; elevation, temperature etc., at, ii. 175.
Bhotan, called Dhurma country (note), i. 136; 366 (note).
Bhotanese (note), i. 136; ii. 232.
Bhotan Himalaya, i. 153; ii. 165, 298.
Bhoteeas, i. 205, 215.
Bhote (note), i. 136.
Bignonia Indicta, i. 16.
Bijooas, or Lepcha priests, i. 135.
Bikh poison, i. 168; ii. 108.
Bind hills, i. 64.
Birds at Momay, ii. 131; of Khasia, ii. 305; of Terai, i. 399.
Black-rock of Colonel Waugh (note), ii. 18.
Blocks, granite, ii. 293, 310; split, i. 201; syenite, ii. 303.
Boat on Ganges, i. 70.
Boga-panee, ii. 287, 308.
Bombax, i. 26.
Boodhist banners, i. 144; monuments, i. 147; temple, i. 77; worship, i. 174, 324; worship introduced into Sikkim, i. 127.
Borassus, i. 39.
Bore, or tidal-wave, ii. 343.
Bor-panee, ii. 301, 318.
Borrera, ii. 165, 173.
Borr (Pandanus), i. 300; ii. 9.
Boswellia thurifera, i. 29, 39.
Botrichium Virginicum, i. 293.
Boulders in river-beds, i. 288; of gneiss on Jongri, i. 353; on Mon Lepcha, i. 342.
Bowringia, ii. 313.
Bread, Tibetan, i. 297.
Breccia, modern formation of, i. 200.
Bridge, at Amwee, ii. 315; living, ii. 268; of canes, i. 149; ii. 21.
Buceros, i. 187.
Buchanania, i. 26.
Bucklandia, ii. 185.
Buckwheat, cultivated at Jigatzi, ii. 171; wild, ii. 31.
Bufo scabra, ii. 96.
Bugs, flying, i. 81.
Burdwan, i. 6; coal-fields, i. 8.
Burkutta river, i. 28.
Burrampooter, altered course of, ii. 253, 346; old bed of, ii. 256; Tibetan, see Yaru-tsampu; view of from Khasia, ii. 300, 301.
Butea frondosa, i. 9, 52, 381, 392.
Butter, churning, ii. 77, 87; ornaments made of, ii. 88.
Butterflies, painted lady, ii. 33; at various elevations, ii. 26, 65, 98, 132; tropical, i. 152.