THE COUNTRIES ADJOINING THE
MOUNTAIN-COURSE OF THE INDUS,
THE HIMALAYA, NORTH OF THE PANJAB.
ENGRAVED BY DIRECTION OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY,
By G. T. VIGNE, Esq. F.G.S.
AUTHOR OF A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO GHUZNI, KABUL, AND
AFGHANISTAN.
"I look out with great anxiety for your map and book relating to Cashmere and
Gilghit, &c., by far the most interesting portion of your wanderings, and which will
fill up a great blank."—Extract of a Letter from Sir A. Burnes to the Author, dated
Cabul, Sept. 16, 1841.
"Cashmere still maintains its celebrity as the most delicious spot in Asia, or in
the world."-ELPHINSTONE'S India, vol. ii. p. 286.
"Eoam tentare fidem, populosque bibentes
Euphratem ;
Arva super Cyri, Chaldæique ultima regni,
Quà rapidus Ganges et quà Nyssæus Hydaspes
Accedunt pelago."-LUCAN, Civ. Bell. Lib. viii. l. 213, &c.
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.