The Average Rain-fall at <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">Darjeeling</placeName> is <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="120" unit="zoll_englisch">120 inches</measure>, & it is progressively <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />less in the Interior till the mountains reach to <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="15000" unit="foot">15,000 feet</measure>, when the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />quantity of rain suddenly diminishes.