CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Leave Bhaugulpore — Kunker — Colgong — Himalaya, distant view of— Cosi, mouth 

 of — Difficult navigation — Sand-storms — Caragola-Ghat — Pumea — Ortolans 

 — Mahanuddy, transport of pebbles, &c. — Betel-pepper, cultivation of — 

 Titalya — Siligoree— View of outer Himalaya — Terai — Mechis — Punkabaree 

 — Foot of mountains — Ascent to Dorjiling — Cicadas — Leeches — Animals 

 — Kursiong, spring vegetation of — Pacheem — Arrive at Dorjiling — Dorjiling, 

 origin and settlement of — Grant of land from Rajah — Dr. Campbell ap- 

 pointed superintendent — Dewan, late and present — Aggressive conduct of 

 the latter — Increase of the station — Trade — Titalya fair — Healthy climate 

 for Europeans and children — Invalids, diseases prejudicial to . .94 



CHAPTER V. 



View from Mr. Hodgson's of range of snowy mountains — Their extent and eleva- 

 tion — Delusive appearance of elevation — Sinchul, view from and vegetation 

 of — Chumulari — Magnolias, white and purple — Rhododendron Balhousice, 

 arboreum and argenteum — Natives of Dorjiling — Lepchas, origin, tradition 

 of flood, morals, dress, arms, ornaments, diet — Cups, origin and value — 

 Marriages — Diseases — Burial — Worship and religion — Bijooas — Kumpa 

 Rong, or Arrat — Limboos, origin, habits, language, &c. — Moormis — 

 Magras — Mechis — Comparison of customs with those of the natives of Assam, 

 Khasia, &c. 122 



CHAPTER VI. 



Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet — Zones of vegetation — Tree-ferns — 

 Palms, upper limit of — Leebong, tea plantations — Ging — Boodhist remains 

 — Tropical vegetation — Pines — Lepcha clearances — Forest fires — Boodhist 

 monuments — Fig — Cane-bridge and raft over Rungeet — Sago-palm — India- 

 rubber — Yel Pote — Butterflies and other insects — Snakes — Camp — Tempe- 

 rature and humidity of atmosphere — Junction of Teesta and Rungeet — 

 Return to Dorjiling — Tonglo, excursion to — Bamboo, flowering — Oaks— 

 Oordonia — Maize, hermaphrodite flowered — Figs — Nettles — Peepsa — Simon- 

 bong, cultivation at — European fruits at Dorjiling — Plains of India . . 142 



CHAPTER VII. 



Continue the ascent of Tonglo— Trees — Lepcha construction of hut— Simsibong — 

 Climbing-trees — Frogs— Magnolias, &c. — Ticks — Leeches — Cattle, murrain 

 amongst — Summit of Tonglo — Rhododendrons — Skimmia — Yew — Rose — 

 Aconite — Bikh poison — English genera of plants — Ascent of tropical orders 

 — Comparison with south temperate zone — Heavy rain — Temperature, &c. 

 — Descent — Simonbong temple — Furniture therein — Praying-cylinder — 

 Thigh-bone trumpet — Morning orisons — Present of Murwa beer, &c. . 162 



