Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011923 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118863703">Hodgson</persName> & myself are now <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />anxious to define some <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">defineable</del> <add place="superlinear"><choice> <sic>intelligeable</sic> <corr>intelligible</corr> </choice></add> </subst> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />regions in the whole length 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/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName> so as to indicate the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Botanical & Zoological regions with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />more precision than by such vag<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">u</supplied>e <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />terms as <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepaul</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005234 https://www.geonames.org/1252634">Bhotan</placeName> &c. He <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />has proposed dividing the chain longi<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" /><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="15v" /><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="16r" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">16.</fw><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">dut</del> <add place="across">tud</add> </subst>inally by the obverse deltas the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />rivers form, or rather the affluents of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the rivers. Each region will thus <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />embrace the space between two of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the greater or culminant mountains; <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">T</del> <add place="across">t</add> </subst>hese throw off the water <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">in</del> <add place="across">to</add> </subst> the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />East & to the West. The Eastern streams <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/H0018439 https://www.geonames.org/1279688"><subst> <del rendition="#ow">gu</del> <add place="across">Go</add> </subst>ssain-than</placeName> for instance <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>alt</abbr> <expan>altitude</expan> </choice> <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s"><measure quantity="26000" unit="foot">26000</measure></del> <add place="superlinear"><measure quantity="24700" unit="foot">24,700</measure></add> </subst> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />meeting the Western streams 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/H0005520 https://www.geonames.org/1283457">Dhavala-Giri</placeName> together form the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020497 https://www.geonames.org/1271732">Gandac</placeName></hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="inline" hand="#unknown"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020497 https://www.geonames.org/1271732">Gandaki</placeName></note> <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear" hand="#author">river</add>, – <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018439 https://www.geonames.org/1279688">Gossain Than</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />junga</placeName> the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020559 https://www.geonames.org/1266067"><hi rendition="#u">Cosi</hi> river</placeName> – <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchinjung</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/H0020933 https://www.geonames.org/1272390">Chola</placeName> or <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017328 https://www.geonames.org/1252607">Chamalari</placeName> give another <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />watershed, the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020711 https://www.geonames.org/1186027">Tista</placeName>: Now he can <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Zoologically define the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020711 https://www.geonames.org/1186027">Tista</placeName> valley, <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/H0020559 https://www.geonames.org/1266067">Cosi</placeName> valley or <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020497 https://www.geonames.org/1271732">Gandac</placeName> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>V.</abbr> <expan>Valley</expan> </choice> & I can <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />do the same Botanically: so that <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />we apprehend no difficulty in carrying <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />out this view.