Donkia at its head, and also for the sacred in?cr![U i.>ns which were 



inspection. 



Leaving Lachung on tin- morning of tlio 3rd Sept-mber, I took the 

 following route. The Lachung valley path is taken for three miles to 

 the village of Yakelia. Here (he track to Ghora La breaks oil abruptly 

 to the north-wo-t, a dinction which is pursued more or less the whole 

 way. A short walk through a foreM, "containing b.-uutiful Conifers, 

 Picvu Morinthi, T„nja LrnnunhtHU, Lurix Griffi/Zui, brought us to 



tranquil. Small willow tree- fringe it- hanks, with /.'/• >>, /,/.■// ,'.v and lUx 



ascent is made along the base < fa -tony precipice wiih Jl'oo hi,: lunosa 

 growing in its clefts, and a little further on 1 found its allied species 

 H'tnuhiu i Inmidtti, the onlv occa-i«>n I reeolleet ot' their asocial ion, as 

 the former affects a more alpine elevation as a rule. The remainder of 

 the ilnvs march is steep, throu-h a lar-e forest, of silver tir, until we 

 arrive 'at the first convenient .•ampin- u ro,md, a cattle station named 

 Sebu. artificially formed bv a clearance in the forest. Mere . Mnsli ( ra 

 pteropodu, Ilvrachiim, and Cilvojms Tctrahit monopolised spots 

 untrodden l>y cattle. 



The northern side of the valley is enclosed by a continuous precipitous 



the floor of th ftboui 1,0 



of Sethang we emerged on a swampy Hat. through 



