The first Snow descends on the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName> at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="15000" unit="foot">15,000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>, in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />September, & does not always melt. In <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName> the Snow Line descends <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Oct.</abbr> <expan>October</expan> </choice>, – in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> not till December. In the drier mountain parts, again <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />it melts up to <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>. In <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>, as far North as <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3828425">Kiong-lah</placeName>, snow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />often falls in the end of <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Aug<hi rendition="#sup">t</hi>.</abbr> <expan>August</expan> </choice> & <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Sept.</abbr> <expan>September</expan> </choice> every year, & melts again to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="19000" unit="foot">19,000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>. As the Rains are not over till <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Oct.</abbr> <expan>October</expan> </choice>, the sporadic falls are <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />numerous & quite disguise the Perpetual Snow.