198 EAST NEPAL. Chap. VIII. 



I was here overtaken by a messenger with letters 

 from Dr. Campbell, announcing that the Sikkim Rajah 

 had disavowed the refusal to the Governor- General's 

 letter, and authorising me to return through any 

 part of Sikkim I thought proper. The bearer was a 

 Lepcha attached to the court : his dress was that of 

 a superior person, being a scarlet jacket over a white 

 cotton dress, the breadth of the blue stripes of which gene- 

 rally denotes wealth ; he was accompanied by a sort of 

 attache, who wore a magnificent pearl and gold ear-ring, 

 and carried his master's bow, as well as a basket on his 

 back • while an attendant coolie bore their utensils and food. 

 Meepo, or Teshoo (in Tibetan, Mr.), Meepo, as he was 

 usually called, soon attached himself to me, and proved an 

 active, useful, and intelligent companion, guide, and often 

 collector, during many months afterwards. 



The vegetation round Mywa Guola is still thoroughly 

 tropical : the banyan is planted, and thrives tolerably, the 

 heat being great during the day. Like the whole of the 

 Tambur valley below 4000 feet, and especially on these 

 flats, the climate is very malarious before and after the 

 rains ; and I was repeatedly applied to by natives suffering 

 under attacks of fever. During the two days I halted, 

 the mean temperature was 60° (extremes, ££), that of the 

 Tambur, 53°, and of the Mywa, 56°; each varying a 

 few degrees (the smaller stream the most) between sunrise 

 and 4 p.m. : the sunk thermometer was 72°. 



As we should not easily be able to procure food further 

 on, I laid in a full stock here, and distributed blankets, &c, 

 sufficient for temporary use for all the people, dividing them 

 into groups or messes. 



