With regard to the questions <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you put – 1. I believe that <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as a general rule the Snow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />lies longest & is deepest on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />north side of each individual <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />pass or ridge, when these <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />are small & narrow, because <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />an ordinary ridge <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#ow">l</del> <add place="across">h</add> </subst>owever <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />lofty is not so <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">con</del> <add place="intralinear">important</add> </subst> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a physical feature amongst the<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="36v" /> <fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">4</fw>mass of the <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">Himalaya</placeName>, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">as</add> to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />produce much difference in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the snow fall, & radiation &c <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of its two opposite slopes: but <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />if you regard one of the great <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />mountains as a ridge & look <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at its opposite slopes you will <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />find the snow fall lower & <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />deeper on the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">south</hi> flank. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Thus on <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020933 https://www.geonames.org/1272390">Donkia</placeName> pass, which is <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a mere ridge of <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="18500" unit="foot">18500 feet</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />amongst a mass of mountains <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="20000" unit="foot">20,000</measure>–<measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="25000" unit="foot">25000</measure>, there is snow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />on the North & none on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />South side. – On <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H5641964">Kinchinjhow</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the snow line is at about <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="16500" unit="foot">16500</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />on the South side & <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="18500" unit="foot">18500</measure> on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />north, but on <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the South slope of <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><placeName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchinjinga</placeName></add><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />advances far into the wet<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="37r" /> <fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">5</fw> climate of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010238 https://www.geonames.org/1256312">Sikkim</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />snow line is <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">at</add> <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="16000" unit="foot">16000</measure>, & on the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />North<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> which advances far <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />into <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Tibet</placeName>, <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear">is</add> at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="19000" unit="foot">19000 feet</measure>.