The mean Elevation of this tract is <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="16000" unit="foot">16</measure>-<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="17000" unit="foot">17,000 feet</measure>: – nothing will <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ripen there. <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3683728 https://www.geonames.org/1279715">Digarchi</placeName> is in about the Latitude & Longitude that <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" />assigns to it: there the crops ripen only under the shelter of, & favo<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />red by the radiation from, the black rocks of the flanks of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H3394287">Pai<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />nom</placeName> Valley, & its Tributaries: – the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Juglans">Wallnut</name></hi> grows, but neither it nor <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Prunus persica">Peach</name></hi> ripen fruit, & <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant" subtype="vernacular" key="Salix">Willow</name></hi> is the only <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#uu">tree</hi><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>. –</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> it is from <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="8" unit="foot">8</measure>-<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="12" unit="foot">12 feet</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />high.