Again I have to thank <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you for a very long<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> kind & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />instructive letter, full of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valuable counsel, & which I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />shall treasure no less for its <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />own sake, than for the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />purpose of following the advice <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you honor me by giving. The Receipt from M. <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">Profr. <lb />Berghaus</persName> is most acceptable – <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I am quite sure that those <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />formerly sent must be safe <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />somewhere, perhaps in the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hands of my <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011993 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11698094X">Father</persName>’s Bankers<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="1v" />or elsewhere – any how, he has <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />never received them & regrets <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />equally with myself the trouble <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you & <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">Profr. Berghaus</persName> have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been put to.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> I write to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that gentleman by this opportunity, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& take the liberty of enclosing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the letter to you: – it authorizes <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />him to proceed with the work <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />so admirably begun, & to forward <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the remainder to <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011993 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11698094X">Sir <choice> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>William</expan> </choice> Hooker</persName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who will pay over the <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="75" unit="pfund_sterling">£ 75</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />on their receipt, to any houses <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />M. <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003264 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118509470">Berghaus</persName> may direct. M. <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011923 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118863703">Hodgson</persName> writes frequently, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />he is still in very bad health<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the Liver seriously affected &<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4r" />possibly the smaller intestines <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />also – he remains at <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">Dorjiling</placeName>. The Presidents of the <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000583 http://d-nb.info/gnd/39272-8">Royal</orgName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5235692 https://d-nb.info/gnd/6632-1">Geo<subst> <del rendition="#ow">g</del> <add place="across">l</add> </subst>ogical</orgName> & <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H6654236 https://d-nb.info/gnd/38819-1">Linnaean Societies</orgName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />waited upon <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">Lord Seymour</persName>, with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a Memorial in my favor, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />signed by upwards of 100 Men <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of Science – requesting that I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />might be placed in a position <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />that would enable me to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />publish the results of my <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006686 https://www.geonames.org/1269750">India</placeName>n <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />voyage<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> i.e. to give me a small <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Salary for 3 years (say <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="300" unit="pfund_sterling">£ 300</measure>) to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />enable me to devote my time <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to the subject, & incur the necessary <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />expenses of an author – but <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5870163 https://d-nb.info/gnd/1070103497">Lord <lb />Seymour</persName> (who is First <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020402 http://d-nb.info/gnd/817272-9">Commissioner <lb />of the Woods & Forests</orgName>, under whom <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I travelled for <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000407 https://www.geonames.org/2645740">Kew</placeName>) has not<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4v" />vouchsafed any answer at all <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to th<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">e</del> <add place="across">o</add> </subst>se eminent men<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>,</orig> <reg /> </choice> <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#s">though</del> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(<persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001066 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117595888">Lord Rosse</persName>, Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003693 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118674455">Brown</persName> & Mr <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011996 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116981806">Hopkins</persName>)<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig /> <reg>,</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who waited on him 2½ months <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ago.<space xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" dim="horizontal" /> The <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">British Association</orgName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />have now taken it up, & Mr <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012547 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116274646">Airy</persName>, the President, heads a <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deputation on the subject to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001149 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116711086">Prime Minister</persName>, when he <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />applies for various money grants <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />recommended by the <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000533 http://d-nb.info/gnd/5300-4">Association</orgName>. 1. 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><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg /> </choice> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010808 https://www.geonames.org/1202950">Gange</placeName>tic <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />valley from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016218 https://www.geonames.org/1275004">Calcutta</placeName> to the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0018784 https://www.geonames.org/1255729">Soane</placeName><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="2v" />with its mountains &c &c. 2. The <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalayah</placeName> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1460789">U’Tsang</placeName>. 3. Eastern <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005199 https://www.geonames.org/1252881">Bengal</placeName>, including <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/H2759692 https://www.geonames.org/1266856">Cossyah</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H4389850 https://www.geonames.org/1268810">Jyntea</placeName>, <del xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#erased">& </del><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5532789 https://www.geonames.org/1275009">Cachar</persName> & <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/H0010417 https://www.geonames.org/1477362">Sylhet</placeName> – the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1677321">Megna</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H4324469 https://www.geonames.org/1186937">Soonderbund</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/H5534643 https://www.geonames.org/1205733">Chittagong</placeName> districts. – <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> proposes also <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />publishing<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> at once<add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">,</add> his travels <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/H0005093 https://www.geonames.org/1183616">Bultistan</placeName>, the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017455 https://www.geonames.org/7449791">Karakorum</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/H0000378 https://www.geonames.org/1440268">Kashmir</placeName>. Countries which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002841 http://d-nb.info/gnd/12399523X">Vigne</persName> & <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012041 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11894343X">Hugel</persName> partially visited <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& have very imperfectly described, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& from which <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0003944 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117351946">Thomson</persName>, after <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a 2 years residence, has brought <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />great stores of Collections & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />information. – Observations &c. The <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0016794 https://d-nb.info/gnd/2052078-5"><choice> <abbr>E. Ind. Coy.</abbr> <expan>East India Company</expan> </choice></orgName> are about to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />give <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> the means of<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3r" />publishing & distributing his <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />collections – after which perhaps <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />my <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>Goverment</sic> <corr>Government</corr> </choice> may look more <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />liberally upon me. 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. I have been travelling in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010167 https://www.geonames.org/2638360">Scotland</placeName> <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="5r" />with my newly married <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H9236694 https://viaf.org/viaf/198146998388318941056">wife</persName>! – an event upon which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I am sure you congratulate <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />me. My <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H9236694 https://viaf.org/viaf/198146998388318941056">wife</persName> is the daughter <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H1045743 https://d-nb.info/gnd/117517496">Professor Henslow</persName> of <orgName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000595 http://d-nb.info/gnd/7877-3">Cambridge</orgName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a Lady of accomplishments & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />great attachment to Physical <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& Natural Science – who sings <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />German Music too – how much <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I should like to present her <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to you in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005221 https://www.geonames.org/2950159">Berlin</placeName> & how much <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />she would feel honored & glad. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />That day may come yet I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hope, for I do feel a great <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& deep longing to see you once <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />again, but I have forgotten <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />all my once familiar German <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0001377 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116235454">Klotzsch</persName> taught me<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="5v" />now 16 years ago, & my French <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />is also very rusty. We leave this <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005589 https://www.geonames.org/2650225">place</placeName></supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />days for <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000407 https://www.geonames.org/2645740">Kew</placeName>, which will <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />still be my address – I have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been looking at scratched rocks, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b7dadf90-5e21-42f1-9adf-905e2102f197" corresp="#b5e9c819-999c-4519-a9c8-19999c751976" type="editorialNote">Roches Moutonné<supplied cert="high">e</supplied>s</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b5e9c819-999c-4519-a9c8-19999c751976" corresp="#b7dadf90-5e21-42f1-9adf-905e2102f197" type="editorial">Rundhöcker (frz.), durch die Erosion eines Gletschers geformter länglicher Rücken aus Festgestein.</note>, diluvial <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deposits & the Parallel roads <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/H0020504 https://www.geonames.org/2639027">Glen Roy</placeName>. <foreign xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:lang="deu"><metamark />Ich habe nicht <measure quantity="1600" unit="toise">1600 toises</measure><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> sondern wie auf <lb />meiner Carte de l’<ref xml:id="fba942a7-2039-4156-a942-a72039915687" corresp="#f47ed9c6-d52b-4413-bed9-c6d52b841389" type="editorialNote">Asie centrale</ref><note xml:id="f47ed9c6-d52b-4413-bed9-c6d52b841389" corresp="#fba942a7-2039-4156-a942-a72039915687" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/TKGUVJEV">Humboldt 1843</bibl>, I (dt. Ausgabe: <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/DV9UD9GW">Humboldt 1844</bibl>, <ref target="https://www.e-rara.ch/6873160">II</ref>). Die Karte „Gebirgsketten und Vulkane in Central-Asien“ befindet sich am Ende des Bandes.</note> steht<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <lb /><measure quantity="1800" unit="toise"><hi rendition="#u">1800</hi> <choice> <abbr>t.</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="11509" unit="foot">11509 <choice> <abbr>engl</abbr> <expan>englische</expan> </choice> feet</measure> für beide <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>s <lb />behauptet<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <lb />Wenn die Gegend um <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011319 https://www.geonames.org/12096464">Ladak</placeName> im west<lb />lichen <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> nur <subst> <del rendition="#s"><gap quantity="1" unit="words" reason="covered" /></del> <add place="intralinear"><measure quantity="1650" unit="toise">1650 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure></add> </subst> und <lb />das <choice> <abbr>östl.</abbr> <expan>östliche</expan> </choice> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> wo die heiligen <lb />Seen liegen<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <measure quantity="15500" unit="foot">15500 feet</measure> = <measure quantity="2420" unit="toise">2420 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb />sind, so kann die mittlere Höhe <lb />von beiden <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName>s<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> von der ich <lb />rede<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> wohl nicht <add place="superlinear">viel</add> mehr als <lb /><measure quantity="18000" unit="toise"><hi rendition="#u">18000</hi> <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="11500" unit="foot">11500 feet</measure> haben<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> <lb />Das Mittel beider Zahlen <lb type="preserve" /><choice> <abbr>östl.</abbr> <expan>östlich</expan> </choice> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010714 https://www.geonames.org/1208092">Yarou</placeName> <choice> <orig>..</orig> <reg>–</reg> </choice> <measure quantity="15500" unit="foot">15500 feet</measure><del rendition="#s"><add place="superlinear">21</add></del> = <measure quantity="2420" unit="toise">2420 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb type="preserve" /><choice> <abbr>westl.</abbr> <expan>westlich</expan> </choice> <placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011319 https://www.geonames.org/12096464">Ladak</placeName> <choice> <orig>..</orig> <reg>–</reg> </choice> <measure quantity="10500" unit="foot">10500 <choice> <abbr>–</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> = <measure quantity="1650" unit="toise">1650 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure> <lb type="preserve" />wäre <measure quantity="13000" unit="foot">13000 feet</measure> oder <lb /><measure quantity="2035" unit="toise">2035 <choice> <abbr>t</abbr> <expan>toises</expan> </choice></measure>, <lb />also irre ich nur <lb />um <measure quantity="200" unit="toise">200 toisen</measure><supplied cert="high">,</supplied> um ⅒ <lb />des Ganzen: aber wer <lb />wagt die mittlere <lb />Höhe selbst der kleinen <lb /><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010179 https://www.geonames.org/2658434">Schweiz</placeName> bis ⅒ <lb />auszusprechen<supplied cert="high">.</supplied> </foreign> 