CONTENTS 



Preface - 

 Introduction 



PAOBS 



ix-x 

 xv-xxviii 



PART I 



CHAPTER I 

 THE SIKKIM HIMALAYA 



The sacred Ganges — A beneficent power — Beauty of the 



plains — First sight of the Himalaya - 3-12 



CHAPTER II 



THE TEESTA VALLEY 



Mystery of the forest — The gorges — Sequestered glens 



13-19 



CHAPTER III 



THE FOREST 



Butterflies — Ferns — Orchids — Flower friends — 1 Rhododen- 

 drons — Temperate vegetation — Primulas — Arctic 

 vegetation — The range of vegetation - - 20-37 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



Butterflies — Moths — Birds — Reptiles — Mammals — Animal 



beauty— Primitive man — Higher races - 38-54 



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