Oct. 1849. 



VIRULENT NETTLE. 



189 



I had difficulty in getting help to cut it down. I gathered 

 many specimens without allowing any part to touch my 

 skin ; still the scentless effluvium was so powerful, that 

 mucous matter poured from my eyes and nose all the rest 

 of the afternoon, in such abundance, that I had to hold 

 my head over a basin for an hour. The sting is very 

 virulent, producing inflammation ; and to punish a child 

 with " Mealum-ma" is the severest Lepcha threat. Violent 

 fevers and death have been said to ensue from its sting ; 

 but this I verv much doubt, 



TIBETAN IMPLEMENTS. 



TEA-POT, CUP, AND BRICK OF TEA ; KNIFE, TOBACCO-PIPE (ACROSS CHOP-STICKS), POUCH, 



AND FLINT-AND-STEEL. 



