Aug. 1849. 



MORAINES AND VILLAGE OF LACHOONG. 



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superb unbroken sweep of dark pine-wood and cliffs, sur- 

 mounted by black rocks and white fingering peaks of snow. 

 South of this, the valley of the Tunkrachoo opens, backed 

 by sharp snowed pinnacles, which form the continuation of 

 the Chola range ; over which a pass leads to the Phari 

 district of Tibet, which intervenes between Sikkim and 

 Bhotan. Southwards the view is bounded by snowy 

 mountains, and the valley seems blocked up by the 

 remarkable moraine-like spur which I passed above 

 Keadom. 



Larch. 



LACHOONG VALLEY AND VILLAGE, LOOKING SOUTH. 



Stupendous moraines rise 1500 feet above the Lachoong 

 in several concentric series, curving downwards and out- 

 wards, so as to form a bell- shaped mouth to the valley of 

 the Tunkrachoo. Those on the upper flank are much the 



