JOURNAL 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Journal of a trip through Kunawur, Hungrung, and Spiti, under- 

 taken in the year 1838, under the patronage of the Asiatic Society 

 of Bengal, for the purpose of determining the geological formation 

 of those districts. — By Thomas Hutton, Lieut, S'Jth Regt. N. L, 

 Assistant Surveyor to the Agra Division. 



PART III. 



On the 3rd July I retraced my steps to Hungo, and found a very 

 different aspect to that I had witnessed in the beginning of June; then 

 the snow was lying deep on all the surrounding hills, and within a 

 few yards of the village itself. The yellow flowering furze was the 

 only plant that seemed hardy enough to face the chilling waste of snows 

 that spread around. Now, the wintery sheet had melted all away, 

 except towards the summits of the mountains, the furze had lost its 

 golden flowers — and in their place were others of various kinds scattered 

 through the fields or on the mountain's side. The loud sharp whistle 

 of the bhair was hushed, and had given place to the shrill chirp of the 

 cricket and the grasshopper. A tinge of green was seen to pervade 

 each mountain side, and the cultivation round every village was of 

 the brightest and richest hue. In short, the glad smile of summer 

 shone around at every step, and the chill white garment of the winter 

 was fast receding to its farthest limits. How marked a contrast, was 

 produced in one short month ! Had I returned by any other route, I 

 should undoubtedly have been tempted to describe these hills as bare 



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