1847-] Notes of mi Excursion to the Pindree Glacier. 249 



summit of which, far above the forest region, commands the Pindur 

 from this to its source, and communicates by a goat-path with the 

 Dhakree Benaik. 



We were accompanied here from Khathee by Ram Singh, the accre 

 dited guide to the glacier ; an athletic mountaineer of Soopee, with the 

 limbs of Hercules and the head of Socrates, but scarcely his honesty : 

 this last quality having been perhaps sullied by a three years' abode at 

 Almorah ; we found him however, with some disposition to make the 

 best of them, very useful in our subsequent difficulties, and ultimately 

 parted well pleased with each other. 



The trees, &c. on the route to-day include all those near Khathee, 

 except the Banjoak ; to these may be added the Elm, Ulmus erosa ? 

 " Chumburmaya," of great dimensions ; Juglans regia, " Akor," Cerasus 

 cornuta, " Jamuna," Spiroea Lindleyana, Leycesteria formosa, " Kul~ 

 nulia," Hippophae salicifolia, " Dhoor-chook," the " Turwa-chook" 

 of the Bhoteeahs, in abundance all along the banks of the river from 

 Dewalee to Khathee. Ampelopsis Himalayana, " Chehpara," the climb- 

 ing and the arborescent Hydrangea, the latter called " Bhoo-chutta" and 

 " Bhoojhetta," the hazel, " Bhoteeah-budam," and " Kapasee," Corylus 

 lacera, Piptanthus Nepalensis, " Shulgurree," on which the Thar is 

 said to feed in preference : Ribes glaciale and acuminata, black and 

 red currants, " Kokulia ;" Berberis Wallichii, and the only fir, Picea 

 Pindrow. Picea Webbiana is pretty common above Diwalee ; both 

 known as "Ragha;" but not a vestige of Pinus excelsa (which how- 

 ever, Mr. H. Strachy found common in Beans) nor of Abcis Smithiana, 

 which from Captain Raper's account, is not to be met on this side of 

 Joseemuth. There is a thick undergrowth with the above, of Strobilan- 

 thes, Balsams, Rubus, Cucumis Himalensis, Cuscuta verrucosa, Poly- 

 gonum runcinatum, molle, and others. Oxyria elatior, Tricholepis 

 nigricans (Edgeworth), Senecio nigricans, alata, canescens, and chry- 

 santhemifolia ; Aster ferrugineus (Edgeworth), a shrub which also occurs 

 in Kunawur, Aster alpina, Inula Royleana (Aster inuloides of Don), 

 Jussilago, very abundant on rubble, &c. Doubtless these form but a 

 moiety of the vegetable riches of this region, which I could only partially 

 examine from under the auspices of an umbrella. 



On arrival at Diwalee we seized the opportunity of a partial cessation 

 of the rain to pitch our tents ; but it soon recommenced, and continued 



