CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Arrangements for second journey into Sikkim — Opposition of Dewan — Lassoo 

 Kajee — Tendong — Legend of flood — Lama of Silok-foke — Namtchi — Tchebu 

 Lama — Top of Tendong — Gigantic oak — Plants — Teesta valley — Commence- 

 ment of rains — Bhomsong — Ascent to Lathiang — View — Bad road — Orchids 

 — Grorh — Opposition of Lama — Arrival of Meepo — Cross Teesta — Difficulties 

 of travelling — Lepchas swimming — Moxa for sprains — Singtam — Grandeur 

 of view of Kinchinjunga — Wild men— Singtam Soubak — Landslips — Bees' - 

 nests and honey-seekers — Leeches, &c. — Chakoong — Vegetation — Gravel 

 terraces — Unpleasant effects of wormwood — Choongtam, scenery and vege- 

 tation of — Inhabitants — Tibetan salute — Lamas — Difficulty of procuring 

 food — Contrast of vegetation of inner and outer Himalaya — Rhododendrons 

 — Yew — Abies Brunoniana — Venomous snakes — Hornets and other insects 

 — Choongtam temple — Pictures of Lhassa — Minei'als — Scenery . 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



Routes from Choongtam to Tibet frontier — Choice of that by the Lachen river — 

 Arrival of supplies — Departure — Features of the valley — -Eatable Polygonum 

 — Tumlong — Cross Taktoong river — Pines, larches, and other trees — Chateng 

 pool — Water-plants and insects — Tukcham mountain — Lamteng village — 

 Inhabitants — Alpine monkey — Botany of temperate Himalaya — European 

 and American fauna — Japanese and Malayan genera — Superstitious objections 

 to shooting — Customs of people — Rain — Run short of provisions — Altered 

 position of Tibet frontier— Zemu Samdong — Imposition — Vegetation — Uses 

 of pines — Ascent to Thlonok river — Balanophora wood for making cups — 

 Snow-beds — Eatable mushrooms and Smilacina — Asarabacca — View of 

 Kinchinjunga — Arum-roots, preparation of for food — Liklo mountain — Beha- 

 viour of my party — Bridge constructed over Zemu — Cross river — Alarm of 

 my party— Camp on Zemu river ........ 29 



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