<persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">D<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>. Thomson</persName> & I mean to continue our explorations till <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" from="1850-11-01" to="1850-11-30" calendar="#gregorian"><choice> <abbr>Nov<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>.</abbr> <expan>November</expan> </choice></date> in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />this neighborhood. We shall then visit <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5532789 https://www.geonames.org/1275009">Cachar</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5534643 https://www.geonames.org/1205733">Chittagong</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0021451">Arra<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />can</placeName>, from whence we embark for <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">Calcutta</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005653 https://www.geonames.org/6269131">England</placeName> in the spring <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1851" calendar="#gregorian">next year</date>. Our conjoined collections will be enormous: his con<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />tains 4000 species, from the Plains of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">India</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>, the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N.W.</abbr> <expan>North West</expan> </choice> <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/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalaya</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000378 https://www.geonames.org/1440268">Kashmir</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011337 https://www.geonames.org/1172451">Lahore</placeName>: – mine nearly as many, from 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/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">Himalaya</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005199 https://www.geonames.org/1252881">Bengal</placeName>. We have gathered, together, upwards <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of 3,000 species more & we expect to add perhaps another thousand <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5534643 https://www.geonames.org/1205733">Chittagong</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0021451">Arracan</placeName>. The vegetation here is perfectly won<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />derful: we have 20 <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Quercus">Oaks</name></hi> alone, from the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H2759692 https://www.geonames.org/1266856">Khassyah <choice> <abbr>M<hi rendition="#sup">ts</hi>.</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice></placeName> & an <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />equal number from the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName>.