. Atlantic journal, and friend of knowledge [microform] : in eight numbers : containing about 160 original articles and tracts on natural and historical sciences, the description of about 150 new plants, and 100 new animals or fossils ; many vocabularies of languages, historical and geological facts, &c. &c. & Natural history; Indians; Sciences naturelles; Indiens. J^^^^^^^^^'^"^. «''""'â â¢*""'â '.'â ' â¢.W^*S'"f ;li I fill 104 tag are believed to exceed 32000 feet, although they have not yet been reached nor measured. But the} are seen at the dis
. Atlantic journal, and friend of knowledge [microform] : in eight numbers : containing about 160 original articles and tracts on natural and historical sciences, the description of about 150 new plants, and 100 new animals or fossils ; many vocabularies of languages, historical and geological facts, &c. &c. & Natural history; Indians; Sciences naturelles; Indiens. J^^^^^^^^^'^"^. «''""'â â¢*""'â '.'â ' â¢.W^*S'"f ;li I fill 104 tag are believed to exceed 32000 feet, although they have not yet been reached nor measured. But the} are seen at the distance of nearly 300 miles. The limits of perpetiml snow in lat. 32 is not at 11000 feet as syste- matic calculation would have it, but at 13500 feet. Fruzer found vegeta- tion as far as 1319i2feeS Mosses and Lichens as far as 14700 feet Against all rules the Northern side or slope of Imalaya is warmer than the South- ern, owing to dryness and latent heat Gerard and Jaqueminot fount in Thibet cultivation as far as 17000 feet, and perpetual snow only at 20500 feet; Therefore the and soil improves inland in tiiese lofty regions, and were still milder once when the peaks had nuper])etu- al snow. Thibet lies between the Imalaya and Celestial Mountains, Tartary between these arid the Gold ;ii "loun- tains or Altay. Both are lol ⢠,ilains and table lands from 10000 lu 15000 feet above the sea, fertile and popu lous, except in the sandy desert of Gobi. North of Cashmir the Imalaya Mountains take the name of Vind- hyan, West of tiie Indus they be come the Hinducush meaning Dark Mountains, with peaks 20500 feet high. Three ranges of ridges form the Imalaya proper, witli peaks from 21000 to 28000 feet high. The third ridge is not penetrated by tlie rivers, the Indus and Ganges penetrate the two others. The, Geology of these Mountains is very interesting. As you ascend them four ranges of secondary hills and mountains are found on their Southern slopes. The first
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