CONTENTS 



PAGKS 



PREFACE - - ix-x 



INTRODUCTION ..... 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 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 



