The unsnowed space, between <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>N<hi rendition="#sup">os</hi>.</abbr> <expan>Numbers</expan> </choice> 5 & 6, is very great. East of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">1</hi>, both the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Snowy <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">ceases</hi> & the lower ranges sink greatly. I am now <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />nearly due South of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">1</hi>, (<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>South</expan> </choice> 10.° <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>West</expan> </choice>) & see the horizon, to 30.° East, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />without a snowy Peak or Elevation. The Snow commences again, East <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Dihong</placeName>, which I do not doubt is the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Brahmapootra</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Ya<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />rou</placeName>. All the Rivers, mentioned above, as between the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>groupes</orig> <reg>groups</reg> </choice> of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Snows, have their sources in a small, well defined Range, South of 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/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName>. That range forms the boundary of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepaul</placeName>, <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">West</hi> of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018439 https://www.geonames.org/1279688">Gossain-Than</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />– it <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">did</hi> form the boundary <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">East</hi> of it, before the war between <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">Nepaul</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/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>. East of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018439 https://www.geonames.org/1279688">Gossain-Than</placeName>, there is no natural boundary; except <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />where the Spurs of the mountains, East & West of the exit of 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/H0020559 https://www.geonames.org/1266067">Arun</placeName>, constitute one. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> Boundary of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName> is <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kin<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />chin-Junga</placeName>, to the West; & the range between the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020711 https://www.geonames.org/1186027">Lachoong & Teesta</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in <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="superlinear">which is</add> a westerly Spur from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020933 https://www.geonames.org/1272390">Donkiah</placeName>, which last runs South for <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="40" unit="mile">40 miles</measure>, in a snowy Meridional Range, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017328 https://www.geonames.org/1252607">Chumalari</placeName> does so, too; <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& the Chinese have drawn the Line, South from the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>East<hi rendition="#sup">n</hi>.</abbr> <expan>Eastern</expan> </choice> flank of 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/H0020933 https://www.geonames.org/1272390">Donkiah</placeName>, for as many <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">make</del> <add place="intralinear">miles</add> </subst>, & then North again, from the West <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />flank of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017328 https://www.geonames.org/1252607">Chumalari</placeName>. This <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">V-shaped</hi> bit includes great part of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H4316428">Machoo</placeName>’s Course, & the Town of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5785409 https://www.geonames.org/1280354">Pari</placeName>: it is interposed between <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/H0005234 https://www.geonames.org/1252634">Bhotan</placeName>. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H6597369">Patchion</placeName> Valley is as low as <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="6000" unit="foot">6,000 feet</measure> in the<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="303v" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">4</fw>latitude of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017328 https://www.geonames.org/1252607">Chumalari</placeName>, & looking from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>, <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>South</expan> </choice> East, I could discern no <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />snow between the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017328 https://www.geonames.org/1252607">Chumalari</placeName> & the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>groupe</sic> <corr>group</corr> </choice> East of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H6597369">Patchion</placeName>. This last <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>Groupe</sic> <corr>Group</corr> </choice> I also see from these Mountains where I now am<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">distant</hi> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="210" unit="mile"><hi rendition="#uu">210</hi> <hi rendition="#u">mile<supplied cert="high">s</supplied></hi></measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& I calculate its elevation at near <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="24000" unit="foot">24,000 feet</measure>; – from both stations.