June, 1849. 



RAINY SEASON. 



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ascending to 13,300 feet; but though its valley widened, 

 and its current was less rapid, the rhododendron thickets 

 below, and the cliffs above, defeated all endeavours to reach 

 the drier climate beyond, of which I had abundant evidence 

 in the arch of brilliant blue that spanned the heavens to the 

 north, beyond a black canopy of clouds that hid every- 

 thing around, and poured clown rain without one day's 

 intermission, during the eight which I spent here. 



black juniper (height sixty feet) AND young larch. 

 (Seep. 45.) 



