OBSERVATIONS FOR FEBRUARY 1803.

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


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