124 Brigade- Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



Ldrag — a species of Anabasis. 

 Larkspur (yellow) — Delphinium Zalil. 



Lash — JL'S — a dead body, a corpse, 

 Lasl — ^M*J — Hindustani for butter-milk. 

 Lat'ih, vltlh, Cdtlh — musk-scented. 



Lathyrus sativus, Linn. Leguminos^. 



The chickling vetch, ddas (?). Cultivated in fields above 

 3000 feet altitude, and not uncommon as a field weed at 

 similar altitudes. It is said not to be injurious as a diet, 

 but at the same time there seemed to be a general idea that 

 some pea langash was injurious. 



Latim — *.>y — Musk, or any odour with which temples 



are perfumed. 

 Lead — surh — is said to be collected at a place called 



Robinj, in the hills to the north of Kala-nao ; 



white-lead — tnurda-sang ; red-lead — slndur, 



sundur. 

 Leaf — harg, barag, warg, ivarag, tuarh, warak, 



halag, halak. 



Lens esculenta, Mcenck. LEOUMiNOSiE. (Ervum Lens, Linn.) 

 The Lentil, ctdas, tula. Is cultivated as a field crop at an 

 altitude above 3000 feet, usually without irrigation, but then 

 its success depends greatly upon the fall of dew. 



Lepidium Draba, Linn. Crucifer^. 

 Hoary-cress, hajmddk, hijinddk, extremely common amongst 

 corn, collected largely as a pot-herb. 



Lepus tibetanus, WaterJiouse. The Hare, Ahargosh. 



Lettuce — Lactuca sativa. 



Lime — the fruit of Citrus medic a, var. 



Lime — dhak, made from limestone — sang-dhak. 



At the north base of Mount Do Shakh, on the 5th August, 

 I saw several lime-kilns. The ordinary mountain limestone 

 was not being employed to make the lime from, although 

 this range consists almost entirely of that formation, but it was 



