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Messrs. de Schlagintweit's India and High Asia.

To face p. 31.

POLYMETRICAL TABLE

showing the

NUMBER OF STAGES

between the most important places

of

HIMALAYA, TIBET AND CENTRAL ASIA.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

1. To each place the province in which it is situated; the abbreviations printed in italics are as follows:
Him. = Himalaya; Tib. = Tibet; C. As. = Central Asia.

2. The number of stages between the places contained in this Table is calculated only for the routes in the numerous, and not in the plains. Thus, they could be reached from the plains in a much shorter time. The stages are calculated for Indian Empire subject to British government, in a much shorter time by Bokhara, Kabul, and Peshaur, than by Yarkand and Leh, along which line the stages of this route have been compiled in accordance with the principle just explained. Again, the quickest way of reaching Srinagar (Kashmir) from Nainital is by the route through Simla and Leh, and thus to go through the number is as far as Sialkot.

3. In general the number of stages is calculated only along the principal routes, and not along those which, though necessary, are difficult and impossible for horses.

4. Most of the routes from places situated in the outer parts of the Himalaya (as Nainital, Master, Simla, &c.) to those of Central Asia (as Yarkand, Kashgar, Kokand, &c.) have been calculated by the route through Simla, Tablo, to Leh and across the Karakoram Pass.

5. The time actually required to reach a distant place is, in general, considerably greater than the number of stages here indicated, as at least after every six marches the traveller will find it imperative to make a day's halt. Thus, even under very favourable circumstances, the journey from Leh to Yarkand will occupy forty days, viz. thirty-four days of actual travelling and six days of halts.

[The table contains the following column/row headers and data:]

Badrinath, in Garhwal. Him.
Chiní, in Kinnaur. Him. C. As.
Etchi, in Turkistán. C. As.
Gangótri, in Garhwal. Him.
Gártok, in Gari Khórsum. Tib.
Gilgit, in Gilgit. Tib.
Kangra, in Chamba. Him.
Karakoram Pass, in Ladák. Tib.
Kirélong, on Lahul. Him.
Káshgar, in Turkistán. C. As.
Kókand, in Kókand. C. As.
Leh, in Ladák. Tib.
Márri, in Marri. Him.
Massúri, in Kumáon. Him.
Milam, in Kumáon. Him.
Nainital, in Kumáon. Him.
Samarkánd, in Bokhára. C. As.
Simla, in Simla. Tib.
Skárdo, in Baltí. Tib.
Srinagar, in Kashmir. Him.
Sultánpur, in Kúlu. Him.
Táshkend, in Turkistán. C. As.
Yárkand, in Turkistán. C. As.