<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0020622 https://www.geonames.org/1282615">Walloong village</placeName> is about <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="11000" unit="foot">11000 <choice> <abbr>ft.</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Pass<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> 1½ days beyond, <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">&</del> <add place="superlinear">is</add> </subst> about <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="12" unit="mile">12 miles</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">North</del> <add place="superlinear"><choice> <abbr>WNW</abbr> <expan>West North West</expan> </choice></add> </subst> of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin</placeName> top & <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="25" unit="mile">25</measure> from the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />latter – We reached the summit in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />two days, with much difficulty, the<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="6r" /><fw xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="folNum">III a</fw>ground deeply covered with <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1848-10" calendar="#gregorian">October</date> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />snow at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="12000" unit="foot">12000 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>, which at <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="13000" unit="foot">13000</measure> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />does not melt till <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1849-03" calendar="#gregorian">March</date> following. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />The summit was <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="16700" unit="foot">16700 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure>, but still <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />3 marches from the Plain of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0009370 https://www.geonames.org/1279685">Thibet</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which is here cut off by 2 lofty <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />ranges<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> spurs of <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000349 https://www.geonames.org/1283259">Kinchin</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> projecting <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>NW.</abbr> <expan>Northwest</expan> </choice> on that plain of lower elevation <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />than my position, but cut off by now <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />heavily snowed valleys. I could not <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />get one coolie to the top of the pass <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />& at this season to have proceeded to <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> without <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="animal" key="Yak">Yaks</name> would be <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />impossible <unclear xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" reason="illegible" cert="high">were</unclear> even there no Chinese <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />guard at the foot of the 3.<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#sup">d</hi> range. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />As near as I could ascertain the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>Perp.</abbr> <expan>Perpetual</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#mMM" hand="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012069 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118554700">snow line <hi rendition="#u" hand="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0012069 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118554700">is here <measure quantity="14500" unit="foot">14500 <choice> <abbr>ft</abbr> <expan>feet</expan> </choice></measure></hi></hi> & from what <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />I afterwards saw I still think this is <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />not underestimated but with such <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a mash as the <date xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" when="1848-10" calendar="#gregorian">October</date> fall it is quite <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />impossible to speak accurately.