Time of Observation 26th October 1802 at 3 hours P.M. Name of the Mountain A C D E F K L Dhaya-bung M Double Altitude as taken in the Mercury 4°.16′.00′′ 5.37.30 6.47.30 6.03.25 6.18.45 10.09.15 10.10.00 9.07.30 Double Altitude as corrected for the error in Sextant = 1′18′′ 4°.14′.42′′ 5.36.12 6.46.12 6.02.07 6.17.27 10.07.57 10.08.42 9.06.12 Angle of Altitude 2°.07′.21′′ 2.48.06 3.23.06 3.01.03 3.08.43 5.03.58 5.04.21 4.33.06 Allowance for Terrestrial Refraction = 1/12 distance 5′.39′′ 4.55 3.41 2.44 3.15 2.10 2.44 1.55 Angle at the Station corrected for Terrestrial Refraction 2°.01′.42′′ 2.43.11 3.19.25 2.58.21 3.05.28 5.01.48 5.01.37 4.31.13 Angle at the Mountain’s top 87°.58′.18′′ 87.16.49 86.40.35 87.01.39 86.54.32 84.58.12 84.58.23 85.28.47 Base or distance (Miles & Furlongs) 78. - 68. 3 51. - 40. - 45. 2 30. 2 40. 7 26. - Height by Trigonometry (Feet & Decimals) 14,548.8 17,016.6 15,637.2 10,966.8 12,830.7 13,941.6 18,900 10,890.1 Additional Height for the Earth’s Curvature (Feet & Decimals) 4,050 3,098 1,727 1,062.4 1,345.5 607.59 1,060.32 448.86 Height of the Mountain above the Station (Feet & Decimals) 19,634.8 20,114.6 17,364.2 12,029.2 14,176.2 14,549.19 19,960.32 11,346.97 Thermometer 63° Barometer (Inches & Decimals) 25.18 No correction for the state of the air has been attempted. INDEX. ABORIGINES, page 9, 23, 24, 25, 287, 305 Acham, a lordship, 280 Achar, a priest of the sect of Siva among the Newars, 29, 30 Adhikar, see Negi Adhiyar, people cultivating for a (half) share of the crop, 149 Adultery subject to fine, 161 Agalmatolite, 79 Agam Singha, hereditary chief of the Kirata tribe, 2, 54, 133, 140 Aggregate rocks, including granite, etc. 66, 76, 82, 203 Agnidanda, a family of Brahmans, 103 Agriculture, general state of, 64, 68, 73, 217, 221, 274, 275, 282, 298, 305, 312 See also for a detail, Cattle, Crops, Gardens, Grains, Implements,