Sky and atmosphere as in the three preceding months. Thermometer exposed in the morning.
Day.
1
Thick fog in the morning.
Emodus clouded.
2
Id
id
3
No fog.
id
Hard frost in the morning.
4
Little fog.
id
Frosty morning.
5
Much fog.
id
No frost.
6
Some fog.
id
7
Thick fog.
id
8
Some fog.
id
9
Thick fog.
id
10
No fog.
Emodus visible in the morning.
Hoar frost.
11
Id
id
12
Id
Emodus clear at sunrise.
13
Id
id
14
Id
Emodus entirely hid.
No snow on the hills of Nepal.
15
Id
id
16
Little fog.
id
17
Id
Emodus at times visible.
18
Id
Emodus clear.
Hoar frost.
19
Id
Emodus clear in the afternoon.
20
Id
Emodus clear in the morning.
21
Id
Emodus entirely hid.
22
Id
id
23
Id
id
24
Much fog.
id
25
Little fog.
Emodus clear at times.
26
Hail in the afternoon.
Much snow at night on Chandungiri, etc.
27
Thick fog in the morning.
Emodus clouded.
28
Id
id
N.B. The thermometer on the 6th was immersed into the spring below Hilchuck, and stood at 65°. In the open air, it had been previously at 52°.
Day.
PLACES,
Lat. N.
Fahrenheit’s Thermometer.
Barometer.
Pluviometer Inches.
Winds.
Noon.
3 Hrs.
9 Hrs.
Dawn.
Noon.
3 Hrs.
9 Hrs.
Dawn.
Noon.
3 Hours.
9 Hours.
19 Hours.
1
Suburbs of
27° 41′
54
56
54
40
25.39
25.22
25.21
25.15
0
W. 1
W. 1
0
0
2
Kathmandu
61
55
38
25.04
25.04
25.04
0
WNW. 1
WNW. 1
0
0
3
55
60
56
43
25.05
25.02
25.08
25.11
0
W. 1
W. 2
0
0
4
57
64
59
44
25.19
25.12
25.13
25.16
0
W. 1
W. 2
0
0
5
58
64
57
44
25.14
25.11
25.11
25.18
0
W. 1
W. 3
0
0
6
60
63
56
35
25.21
25.19
25.17
24.24
0
W. 2
W. 2
0
NW. by W. 1
7
57
64
58
38
25.24
25.19
25.21
25.25
0
W. 1
W. 2
0
0
8
59
68
58
42
25.26
25.18
25.20
25.29
0
W. 2
W. 3
0
0
9
58
63
60
40
25.33
25.26
25.28
25.35
0
NW. by W. 2
NW. by W. 3
0
E. 1
10
65
69
61
40
25.37
25.31
25.36
25.3
0
NW. by W. 2
NW. by W. 3
0
E. ½
11
62
67
60
37
25.27
25.22
25.23
25.23
0
W. 2
W. 3
0
0
12
61
68
63
42
25.29
25.22
25.25
25.25
0
E. 2
W. 4
0
E. ½
13
62
67
63
44
25.26
25.19
25.20
25.23
0
W. 1
W. 3
0
0
14
62
67
63
45
25.24
25.21
25.20
25.24
0
W. 1
W. 2
0
E. ½
15
63
66
62
44
25.27
25.25
25.27
25.28
0
SW. by W. 1
SW. by W. 2
0
0
16
63
69
64
49
25.24
25.19
25.20
25.22
0
W. 1
W. 2
0
0
Particular average,
59.70
64.75
59.3
41.5
25.25
25.1825
25.1962
25.2231
General average,
56.2
25.21
Day.
1
Thick fog.
Emodus clouded. Valley clear.
2
3
No fog.
Emodus clear. In the morning a little hoar-frost on the straw, but none on grass.
4
Some fog.
Emodus clouded.
5
Much fog.
id
6
Id
Emodus clear in the forenoon.
7
No fog.
Hoar-frost. Emodus clear.
8
Id
Emodus clear.
9
Id
Emodus clouded.
10
Id
Emodus at times visible.
11
Id
id
12
Id
id
13
A little fog.
Emodus clouded.
14
Id
id
15
No fog.
id
16
Id
id
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.
Aborigines, page9,23,24,25,287,305
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,
Labourers, Pasture, Produce, Rent, Tenures, Vegetables for the kitchen.
Ahira or Cowherd, a dynasty, see Gupt
Ahir, a tribe or cast,297
Air, temperature of, see Weather: degree of salubrity, see Ayul,
and pages65,69,71
Ajil Sen, a powerful chief,129,130
Alamnagar, a stronghold in Kangra,311
Alangchang, a mart,157
Ale, a tribe,279
Alluvial matter,80,205
Almora, a principality and town, the former most commonly called
Kumau, see also112,287,293,297,298
Alpine region,75,87, etc.
Amaranthus, a species called Anardana or Phaphar,275,284,315
Amar Singha Karyi, or Bara Amar Sigha, a chief of Gorkha,19,112,
259,260,300,304,307,311,312
Amar Singha Thapa, a general of Gorkha, father of Bhim Sen,112,176,
178,179,261,266,296,299
Ambar Sen, first Raja of Palpa and Butaul,170
Ammonite, a petrifaction, see Salagram
Ana, a money of account,214
Anirudha, grandson of the god Krishna,206
Anirudha, a chief of Kangra,311
Antimony, the mineral,78
Aniwar, a tribe of military Brahmans,48,164,169
Architecture,38,210
Argha, a lordship,172,173,238,239,263
Aristocracy or nobility,108,110,255,257
Arjal, a family of Brahmans,103
Arki, one of the twelve lordships, and a town and military station,306
Arms, military,111,112,116148,246
Army, see Arms, Company, Military
Arsenic the mineral,79
Artificers,233
Arun river,89,91,166
Asanti, Raja of Karuvirpur, leader of a Hindu colony,12,287,293
Ashruffy, a coin,214
Asoph ud Doulah, the Nawab Vazir,173,174
Astrology, or Jyotish,251
Athabhai, see League
Ayul, an unhealthy air,65,194,196,199,200
Badrinath, a temple,301,302
Baglungchaur, a town,274
Bahadur Sahi, regent of Gorkha,173,174,247-250,271,277,
281,299
Baisi Raja, or twenty-two lordships, a part of the dominions of
Gorkha,268,270,276,278,279
Bala, a cast of Newars,87
Balihang, a lordship,171,172,264,280
Balance of power,283
Bandar, a small district,172
Bandari, a collector of revenue,113,114
Bangra or Baryeau, called Bahauras and Bhauras by Colonel Kirkpatrick, priests
of the Bouddha sect among the Newars,29,31,219
Bangphi, a lordship,270,276,280
Bangsi Raja, a Hindu chief, subject to the Company,268
Baragarhi, a town and district,167,168
Barahat, a territory,299
Barakadwar, a mart,265
Barapul, a weight,216
Bara Thakurai, or twelve lordships, a territory
subject to Gorkha,303,304,306,307
Barley or Hordeum sativum,226,274,282,284,298
Barometer, the instrument, its height, see Meteorological Tables at the
end, and page200
Baropathi, a territory,293
Baryeau, see Bangra
Basnat, a tribe,18,28
Batar, a tribe,164
Bayas river, see Bepasa
Baz Bahadur, a chief of Kumau,293
Bear, the wild beast,68
Belahari, a territory,293
Belka, a lordship,129
Bell metal,232
Belortag, a mountain,94
Beni means the junction of two rivers
Beniji or Benishahar, the town of Malebum, which, with Dhorali, the chief’s
residence, formed the capital of that lordship,271,274
Bepasa or Bayas river,315
Bera river,195
Bera, a vegetable, see Solanum Melongena
Berberis, called Chootraphul,85
Besar, a lordship,307
Besariya, a lordship,299
Beyas, a passage between the Snowy Mountains,298
Bhairopati, a medicinal herb,97
Bhajji, one of the twelve lordships,306
Bhar, see Bhawar
Bharadar, the great council of state, and supreme court of justice,103,
108
Bhat, a cast of Newars,34
Bhat, a cast of Kasiyas,305
Bhatgang, a principality, and its capital town,209,210,211
Bhawani, see Devi and Tulasi
Bhawar or Bhar, a tribe,47,128,164
Bhemagarhi, a town,161
Bhimphedi, a station,200
Bhim Sen, son of Pandu, first Hindu colonist,9,25,167
Bhim Sen, a chief of Gorkha,19,108,112,176,258,
260-262,277
Bhingri, a lordship,239,268,270
Bhitari Tarayi, a territory,278
Bhomor, a lordship,313
Bhot or Bhotan, the country occupied by Bhotiyas, including what
Europeans call Bhotan and Thibet,55-60,90,243
Bhotan, formerly Madra and Sailya, see these words, Deva Dharma Raja, and
page8
Bhotiyas, Hindus, so called from living near the frontier,24,215see
also Kath Bhotiyas, and Seyena Bhotiyas
Bhotiyas, a nation occupying Bhot,25,50-60,118,158,165,
194,242,243,248,287,288,293,307
Bhurjapatra, ) a medicinal herb,97
Bhuryapatra, )
Bhutkes, ) a medicinal plant,86,98
Bhutkesar, )
Bichari, a judge,102,105,150
Bichhakor, a custom-house,196
Bidur Sahi, a chief of Gorkha,261
Biga, a measure of land,153,154,216
Bihadani, a duty on marriages,161
Bikh, ) a medicinal herb,98,99
Bikhma, )
Bilasi, a mart,124
Bilaspur, Easter, see Dalu Dailek
Bilaspur, Wester, a lordship,303,304
Bilaspur, a town in Kahalur,313
Binayak, first Raja of Butaul,132,170
Binayakpur, see Butaul
Birch tree,83,97
Birds, kinds of,67,95
Birkot, a lordship,238,239,241
Birtha, a kind of melk land,219
Bish ) a medicinal herb,98,99
Bishma, )
Bishtako, a tribe,18,28
Bist, see Karyi
Bisuli, a weight,216
Bitalpa, a person holding land by a certain kind of tenure,107,219
Bitrawati river,194
Bombax heptaphyllum or Simul tree,63
Borax the drug,214
Borbhakan, one of the twelve lordships,306
Bos Bubalus, see Buffalo
Bos grunniens or cattle, the tails of which are called Chamari, Changwari,
Chaungri, or Chauri, with different breeds of the same species,
called Lulu and Jhogo,76,93,217,285
Bos Taurus, see Neat cattle
Bouddha, sect of, see Buddhas, and pages10,25,30,32,40,
189,208,209
Bouddhama, a temple,209,211
Brahma, a deity,32
Brahma, a sect and tribe,189,279
Brahmans
Introduction into Nepal, etc.10,25,305
Manners,16
Privileges,104,179,219,234,251
Number,242,244,252,265,266,267,269,
275,277,279,281,282,286,297
Military,48
Of Mithila,46
Brahmaputra river,91,214
Brahma Sahi, a chief of Gorkha,254,255,261,298,301