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B. HIGH ASIA.
a. HIMALAYA.
GROUP VI.
BHUTAN TO NEPAL.
STATIONS 44 to 49.
Narigun.—Darji'ling.—Rangit Bridge.—Tonglo.—Falut.—Kathmandu.
No. 44. Narigun, in Bhutan.
This place is the residency of a Lama Governor, and is the most southern out-
post on the route from Lhassa, via Tauong to Assam. The houses of the Lama are
surrounded by a large village, built quite close to the banks of the river Ri-ju, and
not, as most Himalayan villages, upon the flanks of a mountain.
The country does not belong to Bhutan Proper, but is a direct dependency of
Lhassa.
I experienced great difficulties in getting to Narigun with my instruments. The
observations were made half a mile south of the village, in a grove of trees which
allowed of my remaining unobserved.
Geographical Co-ordinates.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
26° 53' 50" 92° 6' 0" 3,615 feet.
Observations: 1856, January 10 and 12.
Instruments: Theodolite 3, Troughton; Chron. 3; Barom. 1, Greiner. Observer: Hermann.
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a. HIMALAYA.
GROUP VI.
BHUTAN TO NEPAL.
STATIONS 44 to 49.
Narigun.—Darji'ling.—Rangit Bridge.—Tonglo.—Falut.—Kathmandu.
No. 44. Narigun, in Bhutan.
This place is the residency of a Lama Governor, and is the most southern out-
post on the route from Lhassa, via Tauong to Assam. The houses of the Lama are
surrounded by a large village, built quite close to the banks of the river Ri-ju, and
not, as most Himalayan villages, upon the flanks of a mountain.
The country does not belong to Bhutan Proper, but is a direct dependency of
Lhassa.
I experienced great difficulties in getting to Narigun with my instruments. The
observations were made half a mile south of the village, in a grove of trees which
allowed of my remaining unobserved.
Geographical Co-ordinates.
Latitude North. Longitude East Green. Height.
26° 53' 50" 92° 6' 0" 3,615 feet.
Observations: 1856, January 10 and 12.
Instruments: Theodolite 3, Troughton; Chron. 3; Barom. 1, Greiner. Observer: Hermann.
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