DB. AITCUISON ON THE FLORA OF LAIIUL. G9 



Lahul, its Flora and Vegetable products &c. From communi- 

 cations received from the Eev. HeinbjgH^ Jaescitke, of the 



Miss 



F.L.S. &c. 



[Eead 



TitE term " Buran *' is the name of the language spoken chiefly 

 over Lahul and Kunwar, where it is called *' Tiber-skad." It 

 belongs neither to the Tibetan nor Sanscritian family. The 

 synonyms in the paper, except where marked as belonging to 

 another language, will be understood to belong to the ^' Buran." 

 These are spelt in accordance with the pronunciation used by 

 the Lahulees, and not according to the correct Tibetan spelling. 



fath 



?> 



May 



V 



jj 



n 



n 



i as in machine. 



o as in so, 



u as in sure, 



zh as sibilant s in leisure. 



Lahul. 



" Lahul consists of the valleys of the headwaters of tlie Che- 

 nab."* It is surrounded by a circle of high mountains, which on 

 the south-west has a break in it ; and through this opening passes 

 the Chcnab. The headwaters consist mainly of two streams. 

 One, called the Chundra, which may, indeed, be regarded as the 

 true source of the Chenab, springs from the base of the moun- 

 tains that bound Lahul to the north, at the most eastern limit of 

 Lahul, running parallel and close to the bases of the mountains 

 that bound Lahul on the east ; and, at the union of the hills that 

 bound Lahul on the east with those that lielp to encircle it on 

 the south, the river makes a rapid bend to the west, keeping a 

 west-by-north course parallel to the hills that form the southern 

 boundary, and from this continues in the course of the Chenab, 

 passing through the opening of the circle of mountains at an eleva- 



tion of about 8500 feet. The second river, that joms with the 

 Chundra to form the Chenab, is the Bhaga. This rises close to 

 the Bara-Lacha pass, runs south by east, and joins the Chundra 

 a few miles before its passage through the opening in the hills. 

 The union of these two rivers forms the Chundra-Bliaga or 

 Chenab. This runs for some little distance through tlie province 

 of LahuL 



* * Flora Iiidica,' by J. D, Hooker and T, Thompson. 



