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beautiful flowers of different kinds and colors, gave a very pleasing 

 effect to the scene. At one part of the road, an otherwise bare rock, 

 was bedecked with numerous plants of mulgedium manorhizwn of 

 Royle, while in the first I gathered the golden flowers of " corvi- 

 sartia indica." 



Here again European forms of butterflies presented themselves, 

 sporting among the flowers of the forest. The 'large tortoise-shell' 2 

 and ' brimstone butterflies,' 2 were recognized, as also the ' marbled 

 white' 2 and two others which appear to be but varieties of the 

 European insects argynnis aglaia and vanessa atalanta. 



Many others peculiar to these hills were also noticed. 



Not finding ground to ride over during the latter part of this 

 march some of the party sent back their ponies. 



The distance travelled this day was about 12 miles, of which the 

 first five or six were very steep. The elevation of Bagie is 9084 

 feet ; the village from which our supplies came is 7400 feet. 



Early on the morning of the 28th September we resumed our march 

 and found the whole way beautifully varied with flowers, chiefly of a 

 species resembling a blue China aster. The road or rather track, lay 

 sometimes through deep and shady woods, every now and then 

 opening out upon grassy hills, at other times leading up over rugged 

 rocks resembling steps, with scarcely room sufficient for our feet ; 

 the scenery was indeed beautiful and grand by turns, one while pre- 

 senting verdant meadows, thickly begemmed with flowers, and bounded 

 by dark woods of various shades, at another time changing to dark 

 and frowning rocks, towering high in wild confusion, like the ruins 

 of some ancient and mighty castle of the fabled giants. In shady 

 places hoar frost was lying thick upon the grass. The path became 

 at length so rugged and unfit for riding over, that we sent back the 

 rest of our ponies and determined to perform the remainder of our 

 trip on foot, which soon proved a case of necessity. 



We breakfasted about half-way, on the side of a grassy hill, near a 

 large flock of sheep which were folded beneath a huge overhanging 

 rock, and guarded by several fierce and powerful hill dogs. 



Large flocks of sheep are pastured on these open patches, and as the 

 pasture is consumed they are driven on to others, always tended by 

 their sagacious and watchful guardians the dogs, to whom indeed 

 the care of the flock is almost entirely trusted, the men lying idly 

 by or knitting shoes and socks of worsted. When in want of a 

 sheep or lamb we found great difficulty in inducing these people to 

 part with one out of a flock of several hundreds ; if we succeeded in 



