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A few hundred yards down the S. W. glen here, we also find the 

 pretty and interesting twiner, Gardnera ovata ; also growing in similar 

 localities on Siyahee Devee, near Ahnorah : the people are little ac- 

 quainted with the shrub, which seems not common, and term it, " Bun- 

 jahee," or wild Jessamine. Having examined numerous specimens in 

 flower and fruit, the Kumaoon plant I should say combines the charac- 

 ters of Dr. Wallich's two species, G. ovata and angustifolia, but differs 

 from each in having a two-celled berry, with two seeds in each cell. 



The pretty little Geranium bicolor (Royle) now in full bloom, is 

 abundant at Deo Dhoora. 



27 th March. — To Dol Bungalow, 17 miles, a distance which to the 

 solitary traveller, appears so long, that he is apt to enquire with Paddy 

 uncoiling the rope, whether some one have not cut the end off. Last 

 evening, about 7 o'clock, a tremendous storm of lightning, thunder, 

 wind and rain, from the west, burst on Deo Dhoora, and seemed for a 

 while as if it would annihilate the everlasting mountains. The flashes 

 of lightning were constant and most vivid for about an hour ; and the 

 rattling peals and roaring of the thunder, reverberated from a thou- 

 sand points, were terribly sublime. The rain continued all night, and 

 several smart showers fell during the day, with most boisterous and 

 English-like gales, veering from W. to S. E. : the scudding clouds ad- 

 ding a thousand fresh tints and changes to the nearer scenery, but all 

 beyond was as obscure as ever. 



On quitting Deo Dhoora Bungalow, there is a steep descent of J 200 

 — 1500 feet to the Kotahgar, the central feeder [of the Ludheea, 

 and the boundary between Kalee Kumaoon and Almorah. A large 

 village, Waree, is seen far down on its banks ; about this spot, Ccelo- 

 gyne prcecox will be found on the trees, blooming in November. One 

 of the sources of the Punar, which is apparently the true Kotagar, a 

 large affluent of the Surjoo, rises in the same depression, and affords a 

 path down towards Doongra, another considerable village. Hence the 

 route ascends gradually and for a long way, the opposite side of the 

 Col, the summit of which is called the Berchoola, along which it undu- 

 lates, winding terribly, to Dol. The scenery is beautiful, and must be 

 grand indeed when crowned by the snowy range. The mountains are 

 heavily wooded with Quercus incana and dilatata, Rhododendron, 

 Andromeda, Millingtonia pungens, Photinia dubia, Myrica sapida, 



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