Reaching that <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020701 https://www.geonames.org/1282723">river</placeName> when only <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="2500" unit="foot">2500 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />above the sea I ascended it getting <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />foo<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow"><unclear reason="covered" cert="medium">t</unclear></del> <add place="across">d</add> </subst> as best we could & carrying a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />tropical vegetation up to amongst <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />those spurs of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin</placeName> which are <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Perp.</abbr> <expan>Perpetually</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />snowed. I arrived at the limits of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Oryza sativa">rice</name> cultivation & Hinduism & the<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="5v" />commencement of a temperate zone <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">& Bhothia inhabitants<choice> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice></add> on the <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1848-11-25" calendar="#gregorian">25 <choice> <abbr>Nov<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>.</abbr> <expan>November</expan> </choice></date> – The change was <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />sudden from <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f19d40b0-4472-4096-9d40-b04472f096a3" corresp="#dd6cb613-4f3f-421e-acb6-134f3f121e67" type="editorialNote"><name type="animal" key="Bubalus">Bubalus</name></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="dd6cb613-4f3f-421e-acb6-134f3f121e67" corresp="#f19d40b0-4472-4096-9d40-b04472f096a3" type="editorial">Der Asiatische Büffel (Bubalus) ist eine Untergattung der Rinder (<name type="animal">Bovini</name>), im <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0019329">Süden</placeName> und Südosten <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002578">Asiens</placeName> verbreitet.</note> & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Oryza sativa">Rice</name> to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a2987d15-77e9-4a16-987d-1577e92a1628" corresp="#f3ed1327-5482-4451-ad13-2754822451f0" type="editorialNote"><name type="animal" key="Bos">Bos</name></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f3ed1327-5482-4451-ad13-2754822451f0" corresp="#a2987d15-77e9-4a16-987d-1577e92a1628" type="editorial">Das Eigentliche Rind (Bos) ist eine Untergattung der Rinder (<name type="animal">Bovini</name>), in <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002578">Asien</placeName> und <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890">Nordamerika</placeName> verbreitet.</note> & <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Mais">corn</name>. Still ascending to <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/H0020622 https://www.geonames.org/1282615">Walloong</placeName> by stupendous gorges, the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">third</del> <add place="superlinear">2<hi rendition="#sup">nd</hi></add> </subst> change from <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Bos">Bos</name> to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Bison">Bison</name> (the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Yak">Yak</name>, whose progenitor is the wild <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Bison {non descript} of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> plan) <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />was mere gradual. <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020622 https://www.geonames.org/1282615">Walloong</placeName> is 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/H0020514">cis <choice> <abbr>Himal.</abbr> <expan>Himalayan</expan> </choice></placeName> commercial entrepot of the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Bhotheas<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> Here I was received with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />suspicion & every obstacles to my <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />proceeding to the Passes organized, the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />more effectually as the season was <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />very late & food was <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>witheld</orig> <reg>withheld</reg> </choice>. Happily <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I had a dozen Bhotan men still <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />with me<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> a set of villains feared by <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />all the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mt:</abbr> <expan>Mountain</expan> </choice> powers, & by dint of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bullying the authorities & threatening <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to let the Bhotan men loose upon <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />their store houses, I was allowed to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />proceed <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">after</add> 2 days delay to the Pass.