I have the pleasant company of my old friend & College-companion <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">D<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>. Thomson</persName><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>,</orig> <reg /> </choice> (of the Scientific Mission to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>): he is a man of great <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />enthusiasm & the highest scientific attainments. Before we met, he <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />had, independently, adopted the same view of the Snowy <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName> as <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I did in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName>; & all that we can see from these mountains appears <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to confirm it. <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">D<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>. <choice> <abbr>T.</abbr> <expan>Thomson</expan> </choice></persName> has visited the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017455 https://www.geonames.org/7449791">Karakoran</placeName> Pass, & finds it as <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />laid down in your map to <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a05688a4-43ff-4203-9688-a443ffe20308" corresp="#ce0777fc-bf75-4565-8777-fcbf759565f5" type="editorialNote"><hi rendition="#u">Asie Centrale</hi></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ce0777fc-bf75-4565-8777-fcbf759565f5" corresp="#a05688a4-43ff-4203-9688-a443ffe20308" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/TKGUVJEV">Humboldt 1843, III</bibl>. Am Ende des Bandes findet sich die Karte „Chaines de montagnes et volcans de l’Asie centrale“ auf ungezähltem Blatt.</note>. He regards the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017455 https://www.geonames.org/7449791">Karako<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />ran</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009066 http://www.geonames.org/1280524">Muztagh</placeName> as the real continuation of the axis, which runs <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N.W.</abbr> <expan>North West</expan> </choice> from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018705 https://www.geonames.org/1280615">Mansarovar</placeName>. The latter is, indeed, another <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">noeud</hi>, from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which radiate chains of mountains, – one, dividing the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006690 https://www.geonames.org/1115007">Indus</placeName> from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018184 https://www.geonames.org/1115006">Sutlej</placeName>, another North of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006690 https://www.geonames.org/1115007">Indus</placeName>, & another South of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018184 https://www.geonames.org/1115006">Sutlej</placeName>.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> In fact, the course of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006690 https://www.geonames.org/1115007">Indus</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018184 https://www.geonames.org/1115006">Sutlej</placeName> much resembles <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H9547661 https://www.geonames.org/1255591">Soubansiri</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName>, the latter being the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Dihong</placeName> & finally <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Brahmapootra</placeName>.