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where every assistance was afforded me towards obtaining 

 the Nepal Rajah's permission to proceed through the 

 Himalaya from Dorjiling to Katmandu. Jung Bahadoor 

 received me with much courtesy, and expressed his great 

 desire to serve me ; but begged me to wait until his return 

 from England, as he could not be answerable for my per- 

 sonal safety when travelling during his absence ; and he 



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DR. FALCONERS RESIDENCE, CALCUTTA BOTANIC GARDENS, FROM SIR L. PEELS GROUNDS. 



referred to the permission he had formerly given me (and 

 such was never before accorded to any European) in earnest 

 of his disposition, which was unaltered. We therefore 

 determined upon spending the season of 1850 in the 

 Khasia mountains in eastern Bengal, at the head of the 

 great delta of the Ganges and Burrampooter. 



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