CONTENTS 



Preface - 

 Introduction 



P&OES 



ix-x 



xv-xxvm 



PART I 



CHAPTEB 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 



CHAPTEE III 



THE FOREST 



Butterflies — Ferns — Orchids — Flower friends — Rhododen- 

 drons — Temperate vegetation — Primulas — Arctic 

 vegetation — The range of vegetation - - 20-37 



CHAPTEB IV 



THE DENIZENS OF THE FOREST 



Butterflies — Moths — Birds — Reptiles — Mammals — Animal 



beauty — Primitive man — Higher races - 38-54 



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