372. I21nfunff irt ber SDiiffiongftation »ott ^ 00.
Sifcenb Suntjc&uf mft Sletn--<puppt> unb ©utam mit S a fla r. S in te r bent 'Cerfaffer
lin ts nad) re ch ts: Cobfang, S u ä n , Ä’u tu s unt> ®ubgeS.
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unb ebeufo öiete ifjtt gebilligt, ¿fu beit elfteren gehört Oberft 23 u r r a r b,
ber betont, baß a tie ©egenben, bie jenfeit§ be§ fptmalaja liegen, feit fiinfgig
faßten 2/can§ßimalaja=£änber genannt tnerben. 9R:ocE) üor furjem fcßrieb
er mir: „Pupils of Montgomerie naturally ask, why an old word
should he given a new meaning, when it is possible to invent
any number of new names for newly discovered mountains. I do
not see that it is necessary to give an important name to newly
discovered mountains. A new name will become important, because
of the mountains to which it is attached, and your mountains
would have rendered any new name important."
(„©cßüler 9Kontgomerie§ fragen naturgemäß, we§ßatb einem alten
SBort ein neuer ©inn gegeben werben fotte, ba man ja für neu entbecfte
©ebirge jebe beliebige ,8aßl neuer Stamen erfinben fönne. 8cß feße nicßt
ein, baß eS notwenbig ift, neu entbedten ©ebirgen einen fcßon gewichtigen
Stamen ju geben. (Sin neuer Stame wirb burcß bie ©ebirge, benen er
beigelegt wirb, berüßmt werben, unb Sßre ©ebirge würben jeben neuen
Stamen berühmt gemacßt ßaben.")
$cß fann Dberft 23urrarb§ ülnficßt nicfjt in jeber 23egießung teilen,
benn icß finbe, gerabe ber Umftanb, baß Sltontgomeries ©cßüler, bie
Dfftjiere be§ „Survey of India" unb bie ißunbiten, bie ©egenben auf
ber Storbfeite be3 Himalaja feit 50 Saßren unb länger „The Trans-
himalayanRegions" genannt ßaben, macßt e§ für micß ju einer ißietät§*
facße, biefen Stamen nicfjt für ba§ ©ebirgsfßftem ju öerwerfen, ba§ oor
allen trans Himalaja, jenfeitS be§ §imalaja, ift unb nie etwa§ anbere§
Werben fann.
Um aucß bie anbere ©eite ju zitieren, will icß ßier ben 2lu§fprucß
eineS ber bebeutenbften Slfienfenner unferer ¿feit, Sorb ©urjon§, bes
früheren SSigefönigS öon Snbien, wiebergeben. 3m „Geographical
Journal" üom Slpril 1909 fagte er:
„Alongside of this great discovery I would place the tracing
for hundreds of miles and the assurance of a definite orographical
existence to the mighty mountain palisade or series of palisades
to which he has, in my opinion very appropriately, given the
title of the Transhimalaya. This range has been surmised to
exist in its entire length for many years; it has been crossed at
its extremities by Littledale and by native surveyors. But it
was reserved for Dr. Hedin to trace it on the spot and to
place it upon the map in its long, unbroken and massive
significance............. It is no mean addition to human knowledge
that we should realize the assured existence of one of the