On my arrival in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">Calcutta</placeName> with <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012119 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119053586">Lord <lb />Dalhousie</persName> I found that the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Mission was broken up; the Chinese <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />having sent no Commissioners to meet <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />those of our <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Govt</abbr> <expan>Government</expan> </choice>, & being more jealously <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />than ever opposed to any European <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />crossing their frontier<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> I resolved at once <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to commence an exploration of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020514">Cis-<lb break="no" />Himalayan</placeName> regions. As the season was <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />still very early I took an excursion on <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the plains, which has not been wholly <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />unprofitable. Proceeding West 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/H0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">Calcutta</placeName>, I joined <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>M</abbr> <expan>Mister</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020850 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1210970546">William</persName><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>’s</orig> <reg>s’</reg></choice> (of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Coal Survey) camp in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020901 https://www.geonames.org/1277029">Burdwan</placeName> district <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& visited the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kohle">coal</name> fields. These are certainly <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in extent & position only to be compared <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />with the carboniferous period of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Europe</placeName>; <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />their fossils must on the whole be regarded <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as equally dissimilar from those of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />oolite or carboniferous period, are allied <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to what I have seen in the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002625 https://www.geonames.org/2077456">Australian fields</placeName> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="1v" /><gap xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" unit="pages" quantity="1" reason="empty" /> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="2r" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">2.</fw>& possibly indicate their belonging to an <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Epoch which had no equivalent (chrono<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />logical) in the more Northern Latitudes. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />From the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kohle">coal</name> fields I ascended a lofty <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Granit">Granitic</name> Table land forming part of a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />system which crosses <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">India</placeName> from 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/H0020506 https://www.geonames.org/1267089">Gulf of Cambey</placeName> to the junction 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/H0020517 https://www.geonames.org/1269909">Hughli</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010808 https://www.geonames.org/1202950">Ganges</placeName>. This is generally <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />considered a part of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020870 https://www.geonames.org/1253158">Vindhya</placeName>, but <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I take it to be a different range <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />parallel to the latter, joining it 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/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">Central India</placeName>, at <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019058 https://www.geonames.org/1278905">Omer-Kuntuk</placeName> the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />water shed of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018784 https://www.geonames.org/1255729">Soane</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019106 https://www.geonames.org/1261774">Nerbudda</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& again <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>seperating</sic> <corr>separating</corr> </choice> it pursues a still <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />parallel course dividing the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019106 https://www.geonames.org/1261774">Nerbudda</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />from the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020702 https://www.geonames.org/1254944">Taptee</placeName>. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020870 https://www.geonames.org/1253158">Vindhya</placeName> are a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="mineral" key="Sandstein">sandstone</name></hi> range from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020925 https://www.geonames.org/1273923">Chunar</placeName> its <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N.E.</abbr> <expan>North East</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />extreme on the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010808 https://www.geonames.org/1202950">Ganges</placeName> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019058 https://www.geonames.org/1278905">Omerkuntuk</placeName> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="4500" unit="foot"><add place="superlinear">4500 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></add></measure>: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the range I crossed <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">first</del> <add place="superlinear"><hi rendition="#u"><name type="mineral" key="Gneis">Gneiss</name></hi> &</add> </subst> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="mineral" key="Granit">Granitic</name></hi> 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/H0020517 https://www.geonames.org/1269909">Hughli</placeName> to the same <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><metamark />(<placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019058 https://www.geonames.org/1278905">Omer Kuntuk</placeName>)</add>. Thence <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>West</expan> </choice> to the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020506 https://www.geonames.org/1267089">Gulf of Cambey</placeName> both are <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />overlain by <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Flutbasalt">trap</name>, but the Southern <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />range is still <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Granit">Granitic</name> at <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u" hand="#unknown">heart</hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="right" hand="#unknown"><metamark>?</metamark></note> & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />joins the great <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020872 https://www.geonames.org/1252876">Ghat range</placeName> which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />runs <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>South</expan> </choice> to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000357 https://www.geonames.org/1273845">Cape Comorin</placeName>. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020870 https://www.geonames.org/1253158">Vindhya</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />again<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>.</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice> are continuous with the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Sandstein">sandstone</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f3931f19-beb2-4e30-931f-19beb22e3082" corresp="#f0c701b6-5145-41ae-8701-b65145f1ae67" type="editorialNote">Rajpootan hills</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f0c701b6-5145-41ae-8701-b65145f1ae67" corresp="#f3931f19-beb2-4e30-931f-19beb22e3082" type="editorial">Vermutlich ist das <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020735 https://www.geonames.org/127843">Aravalligebirge</placeName> gemeint. Rajputana wurde die Region des heutigen <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020650 https://www.geonames.org/1258899">Rajasthan</placeName> zur Zeit von <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005357">Britisch-Indien</placeName> genannt.</note>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020605 https://www.geonames.org/1279396"><choice> <abbr>Mt.</abbr> <expan>Mount</expan> </choice> Aboe</placeName> & all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the central & <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>Western</expan> </choice> districts. For the <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="120" unit="mile">120</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />miles of the <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><name type="mineral" key="Granit">Granite</name></add> range <unclear xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" reason="illegible" cert="high">I</unclear> traversed the mean<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="2v" /><gap xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" unit="pages" quantity="1" reason="empty" /><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3r" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">3.</fw>height was <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="1200" unit="foot">1200 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> – with <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Granit">Granite</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hills of <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="3000" unit="foot">3000</measure> rising above it – one of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the latter I ascended was <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="4050" unit="foot">4050 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> above <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the sea & the great seat of Jain worship <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in the East, as <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020605 https://www.geonames.org/1279396"><choice> <abbr>Mt.</abbr> <expan>Mount</expan> </choice> Aboe</placeName> is in the West <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/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">India</placeName>. The Jains who worship <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/H0020803">Parus Nath</persName> are certainly a transition <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sect between Buddhists & Brahmins.