INDEX. 



485 



Salt, country in Tibet, ii. 124 ; mono- 

 poly of by Indian Government, ii. 339. 

 Salvinia, ii. 338. 

 Sandal-wood, red, ii. 328. 

 Sandstone of Kala-panee, ii. 286 ; of 



Khasia, ii. 267 ; of Kymore hills, i. 



39 ; of Terai, i. 379, 402 ; slabs of, 



i. 60. 

 Sara (crane) breeding in Tibet (note), 



ii. 161. 

 Sar-nath, i. 77. 

 Satpura range, i. 32. 

 Satyrium NepaUnse (note), ii. 102. 

 Saussurea, bladder-beaded, ii. 109 ; gos- 



sypina, i. 225. 

 Saxifraga, arctic, ii. 81 ; ciliaris, ii. 280 ; 



(note) ii. 100. 

 Scirpus triquetra (note), ii. 96. 

 Scitaminece, ii. 18. 

 Sconce, Mr., ii. 345. 

 Scorpions, i. 53. 

 Scratched rocks, absence of in Sikkim, 



ii. 120. 

 Seal of Bhotan Kajak, i. 372. 

 Seasons of vegetation in Sikkim, ii. 182. 

 Sebolah pass, ii, 141. 

 Seetakoond bungalow and hill, ii. 352; 



hot springs of, i. 88 ; perpetual flame 



at, ii. 352. 

 Sepoys, Lepcha and Tibetan, ii. 235. 

 Shahgunj, i. 60. 



Shales, carbonaceous in Terai, i. 403. 

 Sheep, breeding of, ii. 150; feeding on 



rhododendron leaves , i. 261 ; grazed 



at 16,000 feet, ii. 89 ; at 18,000 feet, 



ii. 170 ; Tibetan, i. 272 ; wild, i. 243, 



ii. 132. 

 Sheergotty, i. 31. 

 Shell-lac, i. 9. 



Shells, ii. 7; alpine, ii. 156. 

 Shepherd's purse, i. 221. 

 Shigatzi (see Jigatzi). 

 Shooting, prejudice against, ii. 40. 

 Showa (stag) antlers of, ii. 214. 

 Shrubs, northern limits of, ii. 118. 

 Siberian plants in Himalaya, ii, 38, 66, 



68, 74. 

 Sidingbah (note), i. 274, 276. 

 Sikkim, climate of, i. 160 ; Rajah, i. 116, 



298 ; vegetation, i. 168 ; Dewan, i. 



298. 

 Silchar, ii. 328. 



Silhet, ii. 326, 335 ; leave, ii. 337. . 

 Siligoree, i. 375, 399. 

 Silok-foke, Lama of, ii. 4. 

 Simonbong temple, i. 172. 

 Simulium, i. 157. 

 Sinchul, ascent of, i. 124, 125; plauts 



of, i. 125. 

 Singdong, ii. 223. 



Singtam Soubah, ii. 15 ; at Chola,ii.201 ; 



dismissal of, ii. 210 ; illness of, ii. 



72 ; joined by, ii. 64. 

 Singtam village, ii. 14. 

 Sissoo, i. 395. 

 Sitong, ii. 153. 



Skimmia, i. 126 ; laureola, i. 167. 

 Sleeman, Major, reports on Thuggee, i. 



67. 

 Slopes, inclination of in Sikkim, i. 327. 

 Smilacina (a pot-herb), ii. 48. 

 Snake-king, image of, i. 369, (note) i. 328. 

 Snakes, ii. 25, 305. 

 Snow, perpetual, ii. 116, 128, 169; 



phenomena of (note), i. 252 ; shades, 



i. 357 ; storms, i. 355. 

 Snowy Himalaya, views of from Tonglo, 



i. 184 ; very deceptive appearance of, 



i. 124. 

 Soane, i. 35 ; cross, i. 38, 45, 53 ; eleva- 

 tion of bed, i. 46 ; mouth of, i. 82 ; 



pebbles, i. 33, 91 ; plants in bed of, i. 



45. 

 Soda, sesqui-carbonate of, i. 13; efflo- 

 resced, ii. 157. 

 Soil, temperature of, i. 35, 36, 45, 158, 



170, 186, 219, 247 ; at Bhomsong, i. 



305. 

 Songboom, i. 361. 



Soormah river, ii. 261 ; basin of, ii. 256. 

 Soorujkoond, hot-springs of, i. 27. 

 Sound, produced by boulders in rivers, 



ii. 48 ; transmission of, i. 253. 

 Sparganium ramosum (note), ii. 96. 

 Sphcerostema, ii. 33. 

 Sphynx atropos, 1. 46. 

 Spiders in martins' nests, i. 46. 

 Spondias mangifera, i. 82. 

 Squirrels, i. 46. 

 Stainforth, Mr., house at Pomrang, ii. 



313; at Silhet, ii. 335. 

 Sterculia foetida, i. 39. 

 Stick lac, i. 9. 



Sticks, warming (note), ii. 154. 

 Stipa, ii. 132. 

 Stauntonia, i. 112. 

 Strawberry of the plains, i. 395 ; alpine, 



ii. 108. 

 Struthiopteris, ii. 68. 

 Sirychnos potatorum, i. 50. 

 Stylidium, ii. 336. 

 Styloceras ratna, i. 399. 

 Sulkun, i. 56. 

 Sultangunj, rocks of, i. 90. 

 Sundeep island, deposit of silt on, ii. 



342. 

 Sunderbunds, ii. 354 ; compared with 



Jheels, ii. 260 ; vegetation of, ii. 340. 

 Sunipia (note), ii. 10. 

 Sunnook, i. 317. 



