May, 1849. 



CANE-BRIDGE OVER LACHEN-LACHOONG. 



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Lachoong rolled, from a pool above, caused by the damming 

 up of its waters. On either side of the pool were cultivated 

 terraces of stratified sand and pebbles, fifty feet high, whose 

 alder-fringed banks, joined by an elegant cane bridge, were 

 reflected in the placid water ; forming a little spot of sin- 

 gular quiet and beauty, that contrasted with the savage 

 grandeur of the surrounding mountains, and the headstrong 

 course of the foaming torrent below, amid whose deafening 

 roar it was impossible to speak and be heard. 



CANE-BRIDGE AND TUKCHAM MOUNTAIN. 



The mountain of Choongtain is about 10,000 feet high ; it 

 divides the Lachen from the Lachoong river, and terminates 

 a lofty range that runs for twenty -two miles south from the 

 lofty mountain of Kinchinjhow. Its south exposed face is 

 bare of trees, except clumps of pines towards the top, and is 



