PHOTOGRAVURE I 



THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS 



The most wonderful scene in the world is the Himalayan snows from Darjeeling. Sitting at the 

 edge of the moss-hung forest at about seven thousand feet, one sees, through a filigree of tree ferns, range 

 after range, extending through green and blue and purple distance up to the sharp edge of the snow line. 

 The apex of all is Kinchinjunga, with beautifully draped Kabru far to the left. Six species of pheasants 

 live in these glorified hills. 



In the deeper valleys, where the chill of the snows never comes, are Red Junglefowl and Peafowl. In 

 the upper forest, Black-backed Kaleege roost and nest. Still higher, near the snows, at nine or ten thousand 

 feet, are the Satyr Tragopan and the Impeyan — most gorgeous of birds. The last of the sextet lives at 

 fourteen or fifteen thousand feet— at the very edge of the snows. This is the Blood Partridge. 



