Your <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="da69ec74-a7bd-4c36-a9ec-74a7bdac367e" corresp="#e81dc089-f008-4dde-9dc0-89f0081dded1" type="editorialNote">Asie centrale</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e81dc089-f008-4dde-9dc0-89f0081dded1" corresp="#da69ec74-a7bd-4c36-a9ec-74a7bdac367e" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/TKGUVJEV">Humboldt 1843.</bibl></note> contains the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">only</hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />trustworthy map of <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">the</supplied> <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>an <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mt.</abbr> <expan>Mountain</expan> </choice> system: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">t</del> <add place="across">T</add> </subst>hese are not my dear friend the words <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of flattery, but the unbiassed opinion of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />my master in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>an Geography & present <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />kind host, Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011923 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118863703">Hodg<add place="superlinear">s</add>on</persName>; who has deeply <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />studied the subject. We labor over <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the excellent charts of <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#erased">Richter</del> <add place="superlinear" hand="https://edition-humboldt.de/addressee"><persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000936 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11860130X">Ritter</persName></add> </subst>, <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012653 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117662046">D’anville</persName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& the imperishable work of <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001337 http://d-nb.info/gnd/10082451X">Klaproth</persName>: but <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />none of these rival yours. Your <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName>, <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/H0005299">Bolor</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000502 https://www.geonames.org/1280792">Kien-lun</placeName> & the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020631">Pelin chain</placeName> on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />East are the boundaries of that country; <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">we</add> only differ in still holding the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName></hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">not the <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000502 https://www.geonames.org/1280792">Kien-lun</placeName></hi> to be the dividing chain <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/H0002578">Asia</placeName>. – All your views on the climatology <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="a047d90b-f5e0-4e09-87d9-0bf5e06e0994" corresp="#f0b05db4-81a8-4149-b05d-b481a84149b8" type="editorialNote">Asie centrale</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f0b05db4-81a8-4149-b05d-b481a84149b8" corresp="#a047d90b-f5e0-4e09-87d9-0bf5e06e0994" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/TKGUVJEV">Humboldt 1843.</bibl></note> are excellent. The Snow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />line is indisputably <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">much</hi> higher on <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N.</abbr> <expan>North</expan> </choice> side of the great range, & for the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />reasons you assign, great evaporation & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a trifling precipitation. These indeed <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are the ruling elements all along the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />chain & to this is due the wonderful <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />fact, that the Snow line descends from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="20000" unit="foot">20,000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> in the trans<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018184 https://www.geonames.org/1115006">sutledge</placeName> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mts</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />36 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N</abbr> <expan>North</expan> </choice> (in the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N.W.</abbr> <expan>North West</expan> </choice>) to <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="15000" unit="foot">15000</measure> on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />passes South of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Brahma-Putra</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />between <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002582 https://www.geonames.org/1278253">Assam</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020610 https://www.geonames.org/1327865">Birma</placeName> in 27 !! where <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are the Southernmost snowy <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mts</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice> in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002578">Asia</placeName>.