54 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



varies considerably, is found a fifth class of animals, 

 viz., the snow-bear, the snow-leopard, the white 

 wolf, the white fox, the white hare, the lammer- 

 gier, the kungul, or snow-pheasant, and the Burf 

 ke teetur, or snow-partridge. 



The above will show the general nature of the 

 forest at the different altitudes, and the usual 

 habitat of each animal; but the elevation of the 

 line of demarcation varies in different parts, as 

 some places are more or less exposed than others, 

 and some animals change their place of abode to a 

 higher or lower temperature, according to the 

 season of the year, or as they may find food and 

 pasturage. 



Here man may have all he can wish for that is 

 to be met with in this sublunary existence. If he 

 is a lover of Nature's grandest works, what scenery 

 can be likened to the unbroken range of perpetual 

 snow in the Himalaya, the father of mountains, 

 beside which, the highest peak of the Alps would 

 appear an insignificant spur 1 Is he a botanist 1 

 Here is such a glorious field open to his research 

 that it appears as if Nature had collected and 



