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Chap. VI. 



feet, forming, even in the pine-woods, and above their zone, 

 in the skirts of the Rhododendron scrub, a small and some- 

 times almost impervious jungle. In an economical point of 

 view they may be classed as those which split readily, and 





LEPCHA WATER-CARRIER WITH A BAMBOO CHUNGI. 



those which do not. The young shoots of several are eaten, 

 and the seeds of one are made into a fermented drink, and 

 into bread in times of scarcity; but it would take many pages 

 to describe the numerous purposes to which the various 

 species are put. 



