1 . 6B8 FACE OF IVIE CODNTBT. ZAnmnau
2 to the map for these alone. Khubees, by these, fa]h in latitude 30" 40', tuxd
3 longitu4? 58° iB'. Kinnan is three clays' journey beyond 11, west.
4 KM Nu86er lOun n anodiK pdnt iHiidt I plaMd fiooB Ifae fbUoniBg
5 woleii vis. KmmMmmv Bakkfaur, Den Ghwae Khao, aod KarmimihaMt.
6 I bftve been able to fix manj nearer points from bearings of snowy moun-
7 tains. Tbeae are the chief points from which the has been formed, and
8 all these points have undergone further corrections, when it was found, by
9 cross routes within these angles, that the road took some great mrve. All
10 these rough copies being made on the spot, I, ol course, could liiid out any
11 efxomtiy the BoinerDiie oev rautov and melee Ae neceanty cortectioai I17
12 ehtaimiiig further iaftrapatieii fion diflhrent people xtguSpg Ihe-doidilM
13 peiti» 00 tihe spot and I'eopceive it next to an tmpoMibilitjr to make oat e
14 map from merely writing routes, and m^lecting to protract them as fhcj ate
15 obtained. Had I adopted this plan in order to get more extensive infoaroaa-
16 tion, I could not have placed that dcpendance in its correctness wliich I now
17 do ) for there are but few places in tiic map wiiich have not been several
18 times eiaaed, in consequence x>f aoDie short nmte coming acroei^ winch, of
19 •coufM^ oocraeted tlieir poritUn. A gieet advantage In this mode ii».thattiie
20 raotee fbiiaailig the greatest angles to the great <mes ab«ady set o^ eie. hn»
21 mediately seen, and may be particularly inquired for, which could not be
22 done afterwards on protmrting the routes, or the nece^ar^^ corrections made.
23 Yon can very soon discover whether a man is telling the truth or not, after
24 having some grand points to work from, hxed by numerous routes wiiich
25 agree in dtittncff and plaoefti I have Ibund this the only pfaai Ibr getting at
26 the tnidu There an many points yet unfinished fbi want of ctom routes^
27 wtSA fluy nqiure fiuther ooneotion, and iifaich I still hope to be able
28 todo.
29 FACE OF THE COUNTRY.
30 I. THE HINDOO KO08B, Oil OIIEAT SNOWY RIDOS.
31 I HAVE found greats difficulty in obtaining the proper names of great
32 laagea o£ hills and riv^ than any other point whatever : but as ibis range
33 •ppeaia to be nu»e oommonly Imown to the north-westt by the name of Bin*
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