The Sanatorium of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">Darjeeling</placeName> being <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />situated in the least explored part of <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/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> I travelled hither 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/H0020906 https://www.geonames.org/1276300">Bhangulpore</placeName>, by land; & shall remain <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />till the rains are over. The Chinese <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />will not hear of any traveller crossing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />their frontier & the <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018354">Rajah</persName> of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikhim</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is opposed to my exploring in his <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />territories – I have however visited <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />both the <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> frontier <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& hope when the rains are over to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />get to the Snowy range. This station <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is in the heart of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020514">Sub Himalayah</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which rise<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">s</supplied> in forest clad hills all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />around to <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="10000" unit="foot">10</measure> & <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="14000" unit="foot">14 000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>: forming a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />series of short isolated ranges between <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the true Snowy range & the plains. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />There is <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">no system whatever</hi> in this <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/H0020514">SubHimalayah</placeName>, they are all short <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ridges running in various directions <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />divided by steep & deep valleys, through <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which the streams from the snow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />wind to the plains.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" />Occasionally<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="8v" /><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="9r" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">9.</fw>hills of <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Konglomerat">conglomerate</name> & <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" />rest on the outer base of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020514">subHimalayah</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& there is always a broad bed of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kies">gravel</name> resting on an indurated <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Ton">clay</name>: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sometimes <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="10" unit="mile">10 miles</measure> broad. The waters <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the many streams percolate through <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />this, anastomize & render it a swamp, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which is the deadly malarious <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020707 https://www.geonames.org/1282711">Terai</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />This tract is extremely narrow here <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />but generally broad, covered with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />long <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" key="Saccharum">Sacchara</name> & other grasses, with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />here & there <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Dalbergia sissoo</name> & other <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />small trees. The <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Shorea robusta">Sal</name> forest (<name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">Shorea <lb />robusta</name><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">)</supplied> is generally at its inner core <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ascending the hills for <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="2000" unit="foot">2000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> or <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />occupying dry spurs of the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>mts</abbr> <expan>mountains</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which project on to the plains.