The result of all the oral information I gained about the nat<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow"><unclear reason="covered" cert="high">u</unclear>r</del> <add place="across">iv</add> </subst>e <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& the cultiva<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">tion</del> <add place="superlinear"><choice> <orig>-</orig> <reg /> </choice>ted vegetation</add> </subst> of this region lead me to assume its elevation at <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="14000" unit="foot">14,000 feet</measure>; & the mean Temperature <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">of <choice> <abbr>Oct<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>.</abbr> <expan>October</expan> </choice></add> (fide <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0004092 http://d-nb.info/gnd/129956252">Turner</persName>) gives the same, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">calculated</add> at <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the rate of <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" unit="fahrenheit" quantity="1">1°. degree of <choice> <abbr>Fahr.</abbr> <expan>Fahrenheit</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="400" unit="foot">400 feet</measure><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice>, which, from a multitude of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />observations on the air & sunk Thermometer<del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">s</del> (<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="3" unit="foot">3 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>) contemporaneously <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />with others, at <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">Darjeeling</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">Calcutta</placeName>, I have found to be the decrement <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />for altitudes above <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="1000" unit="foot">1,000 feet</measure>, North of the Snows.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> In <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e8c5bf17-e254-4dc8-85bf-17e2544dc820" corresp="#b97a2ca9-7339-465e-ba2c-a97339865e27" type="editorialNote">„Asie <lb />Centrale“</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b97a2ca9-7339-465e-ba2c-a97339865e27" corresp="#e8c5bf17-e254-4dc8-85bf-17e2544dc820" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/TKGUVJEV">Humboldt 1843</bibl>.</note> you perhaps assume <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0004092 http://d-nb.info/gnd/129956252">Turner</persName>’s <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Oct.</abbr> <expan>October</expan> </choice> Temperature of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />for that of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName>.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> Of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName> I have many good accounts. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Vitis">Grapes</name></hi> do not ripen there, but are imported. <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Prunus persica">Peaches</name><choice> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> <name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Salix">Willow</name> & <name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Juglans">Wallnut</name></hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />thrive well, whether as regards wood or fruit, but no other Tree. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Dromedar">Dromedaries</name> abound. <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName> is a poor place, after all that has been <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />said of it: the census is small (I forget what<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.)</orig> <reg>).</reg> </choice> The accounts of those <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who have & who have not seen such a Town as <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0551618 https://www.geonames.org/1259166">Purneah</placeName> in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005199 https://www.geonames.org/1252881">Bengal</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are sufficiently different & instructive.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName> is navigable for <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Skin Boats, in the rainy season, from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H9231633 https://www.geonames.org/1281119">Giantchi</placeName> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName>, & from <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/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName> to the meridian of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName>; but the course is very tortuous: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />it flows, between lofty mountain ranges, far East of the great Lake (I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />forget its proper name, not Yarbongh, as it is called on the Maps): it is<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="304v" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">6</fw>certainly very large, but the Island is small, towards the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.W.</abbr> <expan>South West</expan> </choice> angle. <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">Yarou</placeName> trends South, & the country is warm, producing the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Morus">Mulberry</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& some say Silk & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Oryza">Rice</name>. Every Thibetan describes the people near the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bend<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>,</orig> <reg /> </choice> as atrocious Savages, dwelling in mountainous woods, bordering <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/H0002582 https://www.geonames.org/1278253">Assam</placeName>: they are the A<del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">r</del>bors & Bor-A<del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">r</del>bors, of course. There the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(they say) enters the Mountains, & flows <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>South</expan> </choice> to the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Brahma-pootra</placeName>. The stream <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is there too rapid to admit of navigation & the inhabitants of its banks <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are too savage. East of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005234 https://www.geonames.org/1252634">Bhotan</placeName>, by <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H137183">Towang</placeName>, there is no snow, <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">en route</hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002582 https://www.geonames.org/1278253">Assam</placeName> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>, & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Juniperus">Juniper</name> grows to the mountain-tops. The Rivers, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />from a little way South of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName>, flow to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002582 https://www.geonames.org/1278253">Assam</placeName>; <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">N</del> <add place="across">n</add> </subst>or is the boundary <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of East <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005234 https://www.geonames.org/1252634">Bhotan</placeName> well-defined. All the various information<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> which I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />gained respecting the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName>, was to the same import, & my informants <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />were very numerous. The best was a well-educated Monk, who was <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />brought up at <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a7a743c9-81f6-4f93-a743-c981f6df9381" corresp="#d7873b14-667b-49f6-873b-14667b79f663" type="editorialNote">Mendoling</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d7873b14-667b-49f6-873b-14667b79f663" corresp="#a7a743c9-81f6-4f93-a743-c981f6df9381" type="editorial">Hier handelt es sich vermutlich um das Kloster <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H7239222">Mindrölling</placeName> in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1460789">Zentraltibet</placeName>.</note>, a Goompta, 2 days South of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName>, situ<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ated on a river, flowing to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H137183">Towang</placeName>, & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002582 https://www.geonames.org/1278253">Assam</placeName>, 5 days off. <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H7995962">Menchona</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is the Mart of that quarter, & the only great one East of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5785409 https://www.geonames.org/1280354">Pari</placeName>. North <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName> is the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Salz">Salt</name>-country, lofty, rugged, barren & inhospitable to the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />last degree. The <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Yak">Yak</name> cannot proceed beyond a few marches North of <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/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName>, & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Schaf">sheep</name> are almost the only Beasts of burthen, <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">except Men</hi>.