urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:	edition	
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1	writingSession	
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.1	p	again i have to thank <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you for a very long<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> kind & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />instructive letter, full of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valuable counsel, & which i <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />shall treasure no less for its <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />own sake, than for the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />purpose of following the advice <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you honor me by giving.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.2	p	the receipt from m. <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">profr. <lb />berghaus</persname> is most acceptable – <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i am quite sure that those <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />formerly sent must be safe <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />somewhere, perhaps in the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hands of my <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011993 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11698094x">father</persname>’s bankers<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="1v" />or elsewhere – any how, he has <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />never received them & regrets <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />equally with myself the trouble <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you & <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">profr. berghaus</persname> have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been put to.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> i write to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that gentleman by this opportunity, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& take the liberty of enclosing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the letter to you: – it authorizes <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />him to proceed with the work <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />so admirably begun, & to forward <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the remainder to <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011993 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11698094x">sir <choice> <abbr>w.</abbr> <expan>william</expan> </choice> hooker</persname>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who will pay over the <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="75" unit="pfund_sterling">£ 75</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />on their receipt, to any houses <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />m. <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">berghaus</persname> may direct.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.3	p	m. <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011923 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118863703">hodgson</persname> writes frequently, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />he is still in very bad health<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the liver seriously affected &<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4r" />possibly the smaller intestines <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />also – he remains at <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">dorjiling</placename>.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.4	p	the presidents of the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000583 http://d-nb.info/gnd/39272-8">royal</orgname>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h5235692 https://d-nb.info/gnd/6632-1">geo<subst> <del rendition="#ow">g</del> <add place="across">l</add> </subst>ogical</orgname> & <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h6654236 https://d-nb.info/gnd/38819-1">linnaean societies</orgname> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />waited upon <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">lord seymour</persname>, with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a memorial in my favor, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />signed by upwards of 100 men <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of science – requesting that i <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />might be placed in a position <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that would enable me to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />publish the results of my <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">india</placename>n <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />voyage<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> i.e. to give me a small <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />salary for 3 years (say <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="300" unit="pfund_sterling">£ 300</measure>) to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />enable me to devote my time <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to the subject, & incur the necessary <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />expenses of an author – but <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">lord <lb />seymour</persname> (who is first <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0020402 http://d-nb.info/gnd/817272-9">commissioner <lb />of the woods & forests</orgname>, under whom <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i travelled for <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000407 https://www.geonames.org/2645740">kew</placename>) has not<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4v" />vouchsafed any answer at all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to th<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">e</del> <add place="across">o</add> </subst>se eminent men<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>,</orig> <reg /> </choice> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">though</del> <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/h0001066 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117595888">lord rosse</persname>, mr <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003693 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118674455">brown</persname> & mr <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011996 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116981806">hopkins</persname>)<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig /> <reg>,</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who waited on him 2½ months <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ago.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">british association</orgname> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />have now taken it up, & mr <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/h0012547 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116274646">airy</persname>, the president, heads a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deputation on the subject to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001149 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116711086">prime minister</persname>, when he <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />applies for various money grants <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />recommended by the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">association</orgname>.
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urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.5.1	list	
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.5.1.1	item	1. the plains of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">india</placename><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> & <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0010808 https://www.geonames.org/1202950">gange</placename>tic <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valley from <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">calcutta</placename> to the <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0018784 https://www.geonames.org/1255729">soane</placename><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="2v" />with its mountains &c &c.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.5.1.2	item	2. the <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">himalayah</placename> & <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h1460789">u’tsang</placename>.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.5.1.3	item	3. eastern <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005199 https://www.geonames.org/1252881">bengal</placename>, including <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/h2759692 https://www.geonames.org/1266856">cossyah</placename>, <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h4389850 https://www.geonames.org/1268810">jyntea</placename>, <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#erased">& </del><persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h5532789 https://www.geonames.org/1275009">cachar</persname> & <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/h0010417 https://www.geonames.org/1477362">sylhet</placename> – the <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h1677321">megna</placename>, <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h4324469 https://www.geonames.org/1186937">soonderbund</placename>, <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/h5534643 https://www.geonames.org/1205733">chittagong</placename> districts. –
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.6	p	<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> proposes also <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />publishing<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> at once<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> his travels <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005093 https://www.geonames.org/1183616">bultistan</placename>, the <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0017455 https://www.geonames.org/7449791">karakorum</placename> <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/h0000378 https://www.geonames.org/1440268">kashmir</placename>. countries which <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/h0002841 http://d-nb.info/gnd/12399523x">vigne</persname> & <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0012041 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11894343x">hugel</persname> partially visited <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& have very imperfectly described, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& from which <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">thomson</persname>, after <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a 2 years residence, has brought <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />great stores of collections & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />information. – observations &c.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.7	p	the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0016794 https://d-nb.info/gnd/2052078-5"><choice> <abbr>e. ind. coy.</abbr> <expan>east india company</expan> </choice></orgname> are about to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />give <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> the means of<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3r" />publishing & distributing his <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />collections – after which perhaps <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />my <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>goverment</sic> <corr>government</corr> </choice> may look more <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />liberally upon me.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.8	p	i have had more information <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#mmm">about <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h1460789">u’tsang</placename> from <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0012858 http://viaf.org/viaf/68144648417618811837">d<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi> campbell</persname>: <lb />there are <hi rendition="#u">no plains at all</hi> <lb />properly speaking – only <hi rendition="#u">flat</hi> <lb />bottomed valleys of <measure quantity="10000" unit="foot">10</measure>–<measure quantity="15000" unit="foot">1<subst> <del rendition="#ow">4</del> <add place="across">5</add> </subst>000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure></hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />elevation, bounded by lofty & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />rugged mountains. cultivation <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is confined to these narrow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valleys – there is no such thing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as a level road<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> except along the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bottom of a deep valley. <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">thomson</persname> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />says it is the same thing in <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/h0005093 https://www.geonames.org/1183616">bultistan</placename> – undulating noeuds<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>’</orig> <reg /> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />like <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0034174">deotsu</placename>, <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0018705 https://www.geonames.org/1280615"><subst> <del rendition="#ow">i</del> <add place="across">m</add> </subst>ansarovar</placename>, <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h5217773">cholamoo</placename> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />&c are <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">very rare</hi> – i have been <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />repeatedly assured that lake <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h3575191">yarbro <lb />y<unclear cert="medium" reason="illegible">umtse</unclear></placename><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3v" />is surrounded with <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>mts.</abbr> <expan>mountains</expan> </choice><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />run in<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> as promontories<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> all round<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the i<unclear xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" reason="covered" cert="medium"><subst> <del rendition="#ow">n</del> <add place="across">s</add> </subst></unclear>land is very small indeed <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>s.w.</abbr> <expan>southwest</expan> </choice> <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">m</del> <add place="across">m</add> </subst>argin. i have a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />curious native map of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">thibet</placename><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />made by lamas.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0004092 http://d-nb.info/gnd/129956252">turner</persname> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />gives the <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">m</del> <add place="across">o</add> </subst>ctober temperature <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">digarchi</placename> (alias <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">shigatzi</placename> or <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/h7121702">teshoo loombo</placename>) 5°–7<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice>° & not <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#uu"><placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">lhassa</placename></hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left" hand="#author">there are many (& snowy) <choice> <abbr>mts</abbr> <expan>mountains</expan> </choice> crossed between <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">shigatzi</placename> & <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">lhassa</placename><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> deep <lb />valleys, no plains & little cultivation.</note> – which is always said <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to be lower & warmer, but all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deny <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="vitis">vines</name> growing there (at <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">lhassa</placename>)<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i have ripe <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" key="prunus armeniaca">apricot</name> stones brought <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />by those who assure me that no <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="vitis">grapes</name> are grown.<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">dzambo <lb />tcheu</placename> takes a great northerly <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bend from east of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">shigatzi</placename> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& turns south again.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.9	p	i have been travelling in <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0010167 https://www.geonames.org/2638360">scotland</placename> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="5r" />with my newly married <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/h9236694 https://viaf.org/viaf/198146998388318941056">wife</persname>! – an event upon which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i am sure you congratulate <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />me. my <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h9236694 https://viaf.org/viaf/198146998388318941056">wife</persname> is the daughter <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h1045743 https://d-nb.info/gnd/117517496">professor henslow</persname> of <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000595 http://d-nb.info/gnd/7877-3">cambridge</orgname><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a lady of accomplishments & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />great attachment to physical <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& natural science – who sings <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />german music too – how much <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i should like to present her <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to you in <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005221 https://www.geonames.org/2950159">berlin</placename> & how much <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />she would feel honored & glad. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that day may come yet i <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hope, for i do feel a great <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& deep longing to see you once <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />again, but i have forgotten <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />all my once familiar german <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001377 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116235454">klotzsch</persname> taught me<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="5v" />now 16 years ago, & my french <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is also very rusty.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.10	p	we leave this <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high"><placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005589 https://www.geonames.org/2650225">place</placename></supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />days for <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000407 https://www.geonames.org/2645740">kew</placename>, which will <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />still be my address – i have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been looking at scratched rocks, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b7dadf90-5e21-42f1-9adf-905e2102f197" corresp="#b5e9c819-999c-4519-a9c8-19999c751976" type="editorialnote">roches moutonné<supplied cert="high">e</supplied>s</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b5e9c819-999c-4519-a9c8-19999c751976" corresp="#b7dadf90-5e21-42f1-9adf-905e2102f197" type="editorial">rundhöcker (frz.), durch die erosion eines gletschers geformter länglicher rücken aus festgestein.</note>, diluvial <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deposits & the parallel roads <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0020504 https://www.geonames.org/2639027">glen roy</placename>.
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urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H9679981:1.11.1	p	<foreign xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:lang="deu"><metamark />ich habe nicht <measure quantity="1600" unit="toise">1600 toises</measure><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> sondern wie auf <lb />meiner carte de l’<ref xml:id="fba942a7-2039-4156-a942-a72039915687" corresp="#f47ed9c6-d52b-4413-bed9-c6d52b841389" type="editorialnote">asie centrale</ref><note xml:id="f47ed9c6-d52b-4413-bed9-c6d52b841389" corresp="#fba942a7-2039-4156-a942-a72039915687" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/tkguvjev">humboldt 1843</bibl>, i (dt. ausgabe: <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/dv9ud9gw">humboldt 1844</bibl>, <ref target="https://www.e-rara.ch/6873160">ii</ref>). die karte „gebirgsketten und vulkane in central-asien“ befindet sich am ende des bandes.</note> steht<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <lb /><measure quantity="1800" unit="toise"><hi rendition="#u">1800</hi> <choice> <abbr>t.</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="11509" unit="foot">11509 <choice> <abbr>engl</abbr> <expan>englische</expan> </choice> feet</measure> für beide <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">thibet</placename>s <lb />behauptet<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <lb />wenn die gegend um <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011319 https://www.geonames.org/12096464">ladak</placename> im west<lb />lichen <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">thibet</placename> nur <subst> <del rendition="#s"><gap quantity="1" unit="words" reason="covered" /></del> <add place="intralinear"><measure quantity="1650" unit="toise">1650 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure></add> </subst> und <lb />das <choice> <abbr>östl.</abbr> <expan>östliche</expan> </choice> <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">thibet</placename><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> wo die heiligen <lb />seen liegen<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <measure quantity="15500" unit="foot">15500 feet</measure> = <measure quantity="2420" unit="toise">2420 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb />sind, so kann die mittlere höhe <lb />von beiden <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">thibet</placename>s<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> von der ich <lb />rede<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> wohl nicht <add place="superlinear">viel</add> mehr als <lb /><measure quantity="18000" unit="toise"><hi rendition="#u">18000</hi> <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="11500" unit="foot">11500 feet</measure> haben<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <lb />das mittel beider zahlen <lb type="preserve" /><choice> <abbr>östl.</abbr> <expan>östlich</expan> </choice> <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">yarou</placename> <choice> <orig>..</orig> <reg>–</reg> </choice> <measure quantity="15500" unit="foot">15500 feet</measure><del rendition="#s"><add place="superlinear">21</add></del> = <measure quantity="2420" unit="toise">2420 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb type="preserve" /><choice> <abbr>westl.</abbr> <expan>westlich</expan> </choice> <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0011319 https://www.geonames.org/12096464">ladak</placename> <choice> <orig>..</orig> <reg>–</reg> </choice> <measure quantity="10500" unit="foot">10500 <choice> <abbr>–</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="1650" unit="toise">1650 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb type="preserve" />wäre <measure quantity="13000" unit="foot">13000 feet</measure> oder <lb /><measure quantity="2035" unit="toise">2035 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure>, <lb />also irre ich nur <lb />um <measure quantity="200" unit="toise">200 toisen</measure><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> um ⅒ <lb />des ganzen: aber wer <lb />wagt die mittlere <lb />höhe selbst der kleinen <lb /><placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0010179 https://www.geonames.org/2658434">schweiz</placename> bis ⅒ <lb />auszusprechen<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> </foreign>