Starting <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>West</expan> </choice> from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0017337 https://www.geonames.org/1273467">Darjeeling</placeName> I crossed <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/H0020683">Singalelah</placeName> spur of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="7000" unit="foot">7000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> & descended to the feeders <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c072bc8a-0efc-42e1-b2bc-8a0efce2e13c" corresp="#e3063059-6fc6-4d55-8630-596fc6ad558a" type="editorialNote">Mai</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e3063059-6fc6-4d55-8630-596fc6ad558a" corresp="#c072bc8a-0efc-42e1-b2bc-8a0efce2e13c" type="editorial">Eventuell handelt es sich um den <placeName ref="ed_as4_klb_5xb">Mai Khola</placeName>.</note> & <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H6668900">Myong</placeName> rivers. Thence I<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="5r" />struck North intending to go by <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the ridges to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin</placeName> before proceeding <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>West</expan> </choice> to the Passes – My food beare<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow"><gap reason="covered" unit="chars" quantity="1" /></del> <add place="across">rs</add> </subst> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />here deserted me<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> they were people <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/H0005234 https://www.geonames.org/1252634">Bhotan</placeName> & the only ones thought to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />be equally fitted for the hot valleys <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mts</abbr> <expan>Mountains</expan> </choice>. I ha<subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow"><gap reason="covered" unit="chars" quantity="1" /></del> <add place="across">d</add> </subst> thus to wait patiently <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />till the <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1848-11" calendar="#gregorian">middle of <choice> <abbr>Nov<hi rendition="#sup">r</hi>.</abbr> <expan>November</expan> </choice></date> on a <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Mt</abbr> <expan>Mountain</expan> </choice> of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="11000" unit="foot">11000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> when I employed myself in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Met. Observ.</abbr> <expan>Meteorological Observations</expan> </choice> & Botany<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>.</orig> <reg>,</reg> </choice> sending out my <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />remaining people to the distant villages <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />for coolies. With Enough of them to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />carry my necessaries & leaving the food<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I struck <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>W.</abbr> <expan>West</expan> </choice> amongst deep Gorges (<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="3000" unit="foot">3000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />above sea) & ascended a very lofty <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />transverse ridge from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020683">Singalelah</placeName> of <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="11000" unit="foot">11000 <lb /><choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure> seeking a way to the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020701 https://www.geonames.org/1282723">Tambur river</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />along which the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>E.</abbr> <expan>East</expan> </choice> high road from <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020520 https://www.geonames.org/12095475">Ilam</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020622 https://www.geonames.org/1282615">Walloong</placeName> on the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> frontier runs.