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780 the scale ceases, because the star is too near the horizon to give accurate results. Now is dat 143’ =5’9’to which adding 3’26’ = 8’ 35 latitude; and 570 miles, the distance from the equator corresponding, gives a latitude also of about 8’ 30’. In the table I constructed from the voyage latitudes I should have added a constant of 3’ 26’ to the absolute latitude of each place as the altitudes of Polaris were supposed to be taken at its inferior elevation.

The aura escrion merely gives directions for calculating the meridional altitude of stars, in order doubtless to obtain the latitude, at am. Here instead of north and south declination, the term distance, quas’ north polar distance is alone employed; the rule being for stars north of the zenith; Altitude=NP D+Latitude; and for those south of the zenith, Alt. = Latitude — N P D (—90) which is unintelligible; it should be Altitude = 180° — N P D +L ; or latitude = 180 — Alt. + N P D. Perhaps by southern distance is meant south polar distance, when the rule becomes S P D — Alt. latitude. The isbd is here again quoted at 1°43’ and the importance of having good tables of the stars is insisted on.

I have got through my comment without consulting any native navigator, for the season of Arab and Maldive monsooners is - hardly yet arrived.—But as I have already remarked, the present chapter exhibits far less difficulties than the others did in the absence of this, which contains the very particulars we there wanted. IlL—Epitome of the Grammars of the Brakuiky. the Bsloc.Uy and the Panjdbi languages. u7ai Vbu1eries of the Baraky, the Paski, the Laghmw.i, the Cashgari, the Teerhai and the Deer Dialects B)’ Lieut. R. Laica, Bombay Engineers, Assistant on a Mission to Kábsl.

Lag-haman is a province (maluil) of the principality of Cabal, situated opposite to Jaldldbad; it is sometimes written Lamgh.n. It yields a revenue of 1,13,000 rupees, and is included in the government of MUHAMMAD AKBAR KHN, the favorite son of AMIR Dosr MUHAMMAD. The inhabitants of Laghmn are Tjaks or Farsiwins. Vombula,y. Laè, day Lam, fort U7à, brother Atth, hand KatI, tree Warg, water Kithlik, girl BakAr, good A,ü, bread Ac, mother Veil, night Gung, horse &tyI, sister BIlIkül, boy Gbor*, horse AngIr, fire BAbortiyA, father Nakar, bad