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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal May 1849

1849

from the perpetual snows of pehaps the loftiest. mountainoil the globe to the plains of The dire'Lion of this ridge is of course rueridional.e-At right angles to and a little stanch of Tonglo the Sinchul ridge of 9000'feet meets diet of Singale-: lah and thus two sides of a box art formed one of which the merdional encloses Sikkim to the west whilst the other shuts -it off from [...] above the main body of the Darjiling spur and at its upper or southern extremity ;—it commands an unimpeded prospect to the N. W. and E. having the snows of Kunehin.jinga to the N. and the superb sweep of 80 miles of snow from its summit round by N. E. to E. To the S. E. Sinchul :—snd to the west the Singalelah range from Kuncbin to Tonglo. [...] At the bottom of the valley is a small village of Lepchas Limbos and Murmis the tribe aggregated in groups on one spur and surrouned with small fields of the usual summer and winter crops of the plains. [...] South the eye should have ranged over the plains of India the courses of the Teesta the Konki the Cosi and the innumerable smaller streams which debouche on the plain. [...] Having partially dried the tent the wind we commenced the * As expressed by the qdbtient of the tension at the temperature of the dew point divided by that of the air.
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Pages
136
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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Notes Chiefly Botanical Made During an Excursion from Darjeeling to Tonglo a Lofty Mountain of Sikkim and Nepal by J.D. Hooker M.D.R.W. F.R.S.&C. Honerary Member of the Asiatic Society
419-446 The Secretaries view
The Polecat of Tibet n.s. By B. H. Hodgson Esq. With a Plate
446-450 The Secretaries view
On the Aborigines of Nor-Eastern India. By B.H. Hodgson Esq.
451-460 The Secretaries view
Journal of a Passage Down the Nerbudda from Chikuldali to Baroach with notices of the Most Important Obstructions to the Navigation. By Captain Fenwick. Communicated by Order of the Hon’ble the Lieut Governor N.W.P.
461-481 The Secretaries view
Journal of a Trip to Sikkim in December 1848 with Sketch Map. By Dr. A. Campbell Member of the Asiatic Society
482-541 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for May 1849
542-552 The Secretaries view

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