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0257 Southern Tibet : vol.3
南チベット : vol.3
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ranges stretching to the N.E., and called by him »Sinisches System». This is mere
speculation which causes great confusion.
Richthofen has not got any impressions from Saunders' map, for he does not
even mention it. Nor has Saunders been influenced by Richthofen for the two
editions of his map are the same, and at the end of his article in the Geographical
Magazine 1877 he says that he had just seen Richthofen's work in July 1877.
Therefore, Richthofen and Saunders, when speculating each in his quarter, over the
orographical arrangement in Tibet, have arrived at somewhat similar results. The
difference is that Richthofen has several ranges in the western Transhimalaya and
only one in its eastern part, whereas Saunders has only one Transhimalaya, and
Richthofen has four and a half ranges of the Tang-la type, whereas Saunders has
only two.
Regarding the Himalaya Saunders very conscientiously gives his authorities
and has even a list of the co-ordinates of the highest peaks, taken from the Records
of the Trigonometrical Survey of India, Vol. 15, 1861.
As to the Gangri Mountains he is not less conscientious in giving his sources
at its east and west extremities. He also tells us the limits between which the
system is unknown. To show us from where he has got the central part as it were
he reproduces Hodgson's map, only adjusting the situation so far as to bring it in
harmony with the Pundits' discoveries. And we have seen before from where Hodg-
son got his information, namely, from Ritter and, partly, Huc. Ritter got his from
Klaproth, and Klaproth his from the Chinese sources. It is curious to see how in
this chain of development d'Anville plays such an unimportant part. Ritter, Hum-
boldt, Hodgson and Saunders have only one range. D'Anville had several and
was, so far, nearer the truth than those who came after him.
With all due admiration for the splendid geographical work of Trelawny Saun-
ders it must be said that to the knowledge of Transhimalaya he contributes abso-
lutely nothing. The only mark that he has left behind him in this part of Tibet is
that he has dogmatized an error which was already fifty years old.