I have had more information <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#mMM">about <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1460789">U’Tsang</placeName> from <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012858 http://viaf.org/viaf/68144648417618811837">D<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi> Campbell</persName>: <lb />There are <hi rendition="#u">no plains at all</hi> <lb />properly speaking – only <hi rendition="#u">flat</hi> <lb />bottomed valleys of <measure quantity="10000" unit="foot">10</measure>–<measure quantity="15000" unit="foot">1<subst> <del rendition="#ow">4</del> <add place="across">5</add> </subst>000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure></hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />elevation, bounded by lofty & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />rugged mountains. Cultivation <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is confined to these narrow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valleys – There is no such thing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as a level road<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> except along the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bottom of a deep valley. <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">Thomson</persName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />says it is the same thing 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/H0005093 https://www.geonames.org/1183616">Bultistan</placeName> – Undulating noeuds<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>’</orig> <reg /> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />like <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0034174">Deotsu</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018705 https://www.geonames.org/1280615"><subst> <del rendition="#ow">I</del> <add place="across">M</add> </subst>ansarovar</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5217773">Cholamoo</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />&c are <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">very rare</hi> – I have been <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />repeatedly assured that Lake <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3575191">Yarbro <lb />Y<unclear cert="medium" reason="illegible">umtse</unclear></placeName><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3v" />is surrounded with <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mts.</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />run in<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> as promontories<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> all round<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />The I<unclear xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" reason="covered" cert="medium"><subst> <del rendition="#ow">n</del> <add place="across">s</add> </subst></unclear>land is very small indeed <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.W.</abbr> <expan>Southwest</expan> </choice> <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">m</del> <add place="across">M</add> </subst>argin. I have a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />curious native map of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />made by Lamas.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0004092 http://d-nb.info/gnd/129956252">Turner</persName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />gives the <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">m</del> <add place="across">O</add> </subst>ctober temperature <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName> (alias <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Shigatzi</placeName> or <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/H7121702">Teshoo Loombo</placeName>) 5°–7<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice>° & not <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#uu"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName></hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="left" hand="#author">There are many (& snowy) <choice> <abbr>Mts</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice> crossed between <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Shigatzi</placeName> & <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> deep <lb />valleys, no plains & little cultivation.</note> – which is always said <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to be lower & warmer, but all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deny <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Vitis">vines</name> growing there (at <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011427 http://www.geonames.org/1280737">Lhassa</placeName>)<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I have ripe <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" key="Prunus armeniaca">Apricot</name> stones brought <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />by those who assure me that no <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="Vitis">grapes</name> are grown.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Dzambo <lb />tcheu</placeName> takes a great Northerly <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />bend from East of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Shigatzi</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& turns South again.