My Geological notes want all to be worked up. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Gneis">Gneiss</name> is the preva<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />lent formation, between <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="7000" unit="foot">7</measure> & <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="17000" unit="foot">17,000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>; above that <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <add place="sublinear">Encrinitic</add> <del rendition="#s">(<metamark>?</metamark>)</del> </subst> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Granit">Granites</name>; & 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/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>, fossiliferous <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kalkstein">Limestone</name> & Tertiary Rocks. Below <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="7000" unit="foot">7,000 feet</measure>, the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Glimmer">Mica</name> & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Ton">Clay</name> slates, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Sandstein">Sandstone</name> & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kohle">Coal</name>. There is no <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Kalk">Lime</name>, in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName>-<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Proper, – except as a Deposit. Hot-springs, of temperature <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" unit="fahrenheit" quantity="110">110.°</measure>, I have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />found, at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="17000" unit="foot">17,000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>, with <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Schwefel">sulphur</name>ous <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral" key="Salz">Salts</name>. The most curious & novel <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Geological feature consists in the magnificent <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">Moraines</hi>, which abound <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in every valley, descending from the Snow. They commence at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="10000" unit="foot">10,</measure><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">-</supplied><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="11000" unit="foot">11,000 <lb />feet</measure>, & may thence be traced continuously up to the Glaciers themselves, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />whose lower edges, often <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="20" unit="mile">20 miles</measure> higher up the valley, are always <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at about <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="17000" unit="foot">17,000 feet</measure>. The proofs seem therefore evident, of a gradual <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sinking of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayas</placeName>. I could perceive no signs of a rising, but abund<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ant <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">evidence</add> of the contrary phenomenon. The Glaciers have certainly receded <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="7000" unit="foot">7,000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>.