TO THIBET. 33 - 
for he seems inclined, so far as I can gather from his book, to take a 
rational view. of matters, and even to identify Indian plants 
with European ones oftener than is quite correct, as in the case of 
the Rhus, mentioned above, which he calls R. Cotinus. Jacque- 
mout’s account of Kunawur leads me to anticipate a very rich 
harvest on my journey: he mentions having collected forty new 
species in one day, and in general of very rich herborizations. By 
all accounts, the interior of W. Thibet is bare and unproductive ; 
still along the Sutlej and Indus, and among the mountains, though 
trees are deficient, I hope to find a plentiful herbaceous vegetation. 
I start, provided with the means of making ample collections of 
duplicates, and hope to be able to carry a large stock of paper 
with me throughout, and though I shall be obliged to deposit 
my accumulating specimens here and there, I trust to make i 
arrangements for their transmission to India. ; 
* As the time of my departure approaches, I get more and more 
restless and anxious about my arrangements, and I find I cannot 
settle down to write you a long letter. Henceforward my letters 
will be written regularly, but I cannot at all guarantee that they 
will reach you punctually, as my opportunities will only be occa- 
sional, and there will be no certainty of hitting the departure 
of the mail. When we leave this, we go down into the valley 
of the Sutlej, where I shall have a last look, for some time, 
I hope, at tropical vegetation. I am expecting the arrival of | 
the mail, but can hardly hope for a letter from you before I S 
start : My letters, however, will doubtless follow me, some ta or a 
other.” = 
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** Rampoor, on left bank of Sutlej ; 
“six marches from Simla, 9th of Aug. 1847. 
S en considerably more delay than I anticipated when I Jast 
wrote, our party has finally made a start. We left Simla on the - — 
2nd of August, and arrived here yesterday, having halted one day | 
upon the road. To-day, we have also halted, to get, our baggage : 
put in order; and to-morrow we shall again proceed on our 
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