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INDEX. 



Baker, Dr., ii. 339. 



Balanites, i. 25. 



Balcmophora, ii. 19, 47 ; cups made 

 from, i. 132 ; knots caused by, i. 133. 



Balasun river, i. 110, 402. 



Bamboo, dwarf, i. 126 ; eatable grain of, 

 i. 313; flowering of, i. 155, 158; kinds 

 of in Khasia, ii. 268 ; kinds and uses 

 of in Sikkim, i. 155, 158; planted, 

 i. 386. 



Bambusa strlcta, i. 30. 



Bananas, wild, i. 20, 143 ; scarlet-fruited, 

 ii. 319. 



Ban, or Lepcha knife, i. 130. 



Banyan tree, i. 18 ; of Calcutta gardens, 

 ii. 246. 



Barnes, Mr., i. 95 ; Mr. Charles, i. 114. 



Barometer, accident to, ii. 139 ; obser- 

 vations on Jheels, ii. 258. 



Baroon on Soane river, i. 35. 



Bassia butyracea, i. 151; latifolia, i. 16. 



Bath, hot, at Bhomsong, i. 305 ; at 

 Momay, ii. 133 ; at Yeumtong, ii. 117. 



Beadle, Lieut., i. 26. 



Beaumontia, i. 401. 



Bee, alpine, ii. 68 ; boring, i. 374 ; leaf- 

 cutting, i. 46. 



Beejaghur, i. 56. 



Bees'-nests, i. 201 ; ii. 16. 



Begonia, alpine, ii. 108. 



Behar, hills of, i. 32. 



Belcuppee, i. 28. 



Bellows, Himalayan, ii. 82 ; of Khasia, 

 ii. 310; of leaves, i. 53. 



Benares, i. 71 ; observatory at, i. 74. 



Berberis Asiatica (note), i. 24 ; concinna, 

 ii. 198; insignis, i. 364. 



Betel-pepper, i. 99 ; ii. 327. 



Bhaugulpore, i. 90 ; gardens at, i. 91. 



Bhel fruit, i. 50. 



Bhomsong, i. 297 ; ii. 8 ; temperature of 

 soil at, i. 305. 



Bhomtso, ii. 124, 164, 174; elevation, 

 temperature, &c, at, ii. 175. 



Bhotan, called Dhurma country (note), 

 i. 136 ; 366 (note). 



Bhotanese (note), i. 136; ii. 232. 



Bhotan Himalaya, i. 153; ii. 165, 298. 



Bhoteeas, i. 205, 215. 



Bhote (note),i. 136. 



Bignonia Indica, i. 16. 



Bijooas, or Lepcha priests, i. 135. 



Bikh poison, i. 168 ; ii. 108. 



Bind hills, i. 64. 



Birds at Momay, ii. 131 ; of Khasia, ii. 

 305 ; of Terai, i. 399. 



Black-rock of Colonel Waugh (note), 

 ii. 18. 



Blocks, granite, ii. 293, 310; split, i. 

 201 ; syenite, ii. 303. 



Boat on Changes, i. 70. 



Boga-panee, ii. 287, 308. 



Bombax, i. 26. 



Boodhist banners, i. 144 ; monuments, 



i. 147 ; temple, i. 77; worship, i. 174, 



324 ; worship introduced into Sikkim, 



i. 127. 

 Borassus, i. 39. 

 Bore, or tidal-wave, ii. 343. 

 Bor-panee, ii. 301, 318. 

 Borrera, ii. 165, 173. 

 Borr (Pandanus), i. 300 ; ii. 9. 

 Boswellia thurifera, i. 29, 39. 

 Botrichium Virginicum, i. 293. 

 Boulders in river-beds, i. 288 ; of gneiss 



on Jongri, i. 353 ; on Mon Lepcha, 



i. 342. 

 Bowrmgia, ii. 313. 

 Bread, Tibetan, i. 297. 

 Breccia, modern formation of, i. 200. 

 Bridge, at Amwee, ii. 315; living, ii. 



268; of canes, i. 149; ii. 21. 

 Buceros, i. 187. 

 Buchanania, i. 26. 

 BucMandia, ii. 185. 

 Buckwheat, cultivated at Jigatzi, ii. 171 ; 



wild, ii. 31. 

 Bufo scabra, ii. 96. 

 Bugs, flying, i. 81. 

 Burdwan, i. 6 ; coal-fields, i. 8. 

 Burkutta river, i. 28. 

 Burrampooter, altered course of, ii. 253, 



346; old bed of, ii. 256; Tibetan, 



see Yaru-tsampu ; view of from 



Khasia, ii. 300, 301. 

 Butea frondosa, i. 9, 52, 381, 392. 

 Butter, churning, ii. 77, 87 ; ornaments 



made of, ii. 88. 

 Butterflies, painted lady, ii. 33; at 



various elevations, ii. 26, 65, 98, 1 32 ; 



tropical, i. 152. 



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Cachar, ii. 326 ; rain-fall at, ii. 334. 



Ccesalpinia paniculata, i. 25. 



Cajana, i. 13. 



Calami, species of in Himalaya, i. 143. 



Calamus, ii. 10. 



Calcutta, journey to, ii. 242. 



Callitriche verna 1 (note), ii. 96. 



Calotropis, i. 30, 86 ; C. arborea, i. 72 ; 



temperature of, i. 36. 

 Caltha palustris (note), ii. 77 ; scaposa 



(note), ii. 77. 

 Camels, i. 61 ; at Lhassa, ii. 172. 

 Campbell, Dr., joins me in Terai, i. 376 ; 



meet at Bhomsong, i. 297; at Choong- 



tam, ii. 146 ; seizure of, ii. 202 ; sent as 



