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obscured more distant views. The lower part of a sn< 

 said to be Chumulhari, was seen in the far east. 



The district we overlooked is called Karaboo. Medicin: 

 of great repute occur in it. Phari is to the s..nlh-«-;i>t of ! 

 it is hidden behind intervening ranges. 



The vegetation above 1.3,000 foci in the Selm valley i 



to the pass, but Iroui thence upwards not even a liclien was visiiile. This 

 Saiissiirta and Aiilvniutrui iinisroirics are supposed by the Tibetans to 

 be the most esteemed of their god- as incense. The plan!- used in 

 temples are lihiuixh ,idro,i A ■i(!t<>i>o t /o,i and A', sctosnm and juniper. 1 

 could not obtain definite information as to the derivation of the name 

 " Ghora." I was first told that the Bacred pictures carved near it 

 suggested its name, and I concluded that the name was a co-iti acted 

 form oi (b.rucknath ; afterwards it was explained that the meaning was 

 " winding," in allusion to the winding route io the pass. 



Yaks are grazed from 14,000 up to 17,000 feet in this vallev during 

 the summer, aud at Sebu there was a large herd of cattle. 



From Sethang I returned to Lachung in two inarches, arriving on the 

 8th September. 



The time until the 11th was devoted to arranging and packing our 

 collections and luggage. We returned to Tumloong by the feesta 

 valley path, and arrived there on the 20th September. 



Third Tour. The Chola Hange.— I left Tumloong on the 22nd Sep- 



Kungpo, elevation 11,000 lee., n'haltmg stage of' the Sikkim liajas 

 during their journeys to and from the Cnumbi valley, their favourite 

 summer resort. The path descends i Is to the beds 



of two arms of the Ihott river, which join a little further down. They 

 are crossed by cane suspension bridges. The succeeding ascent is >teep 

 through many fields of dry ground rice and millet. An edible variety 

 of Job's tears (Coix Lachryma) is grown near watercourses. The whole 

 valley is thickly populated, and the inhabitants practice a careful system 



: Rungpo, but the rest 

 of the vegitation is of the usual' typo at this elevation. 



Onwards to Cie.lu Pa-* the inarches are made eastwards up a con- 

 tinuously steep ridge. The second to Laghep 

 ( 1 0,100 feet), ft small etittle station with a camping mound on a project- 

 ing knoll covered thickly with Iris nepalensis. This locality is 

 celebrated for its variety of rhododendrons, every species existing in 

 Sikkim, excepting li ninth, being found within, a distance of two days' 

 short marches, it was too early in the season to obtain seeds, as they do 

 not ripen until November. 



The plants of Decttunea uutffnit which Dr. Hooker observed at 

 7,000 feet still grow abundantly there. 



The next day's march was a short one to Pheyeuggong, 12,400 feet, 

 a large flat topped peak, where Abits teebbiana is first seen. Beyond 

 Pheunggong we des.-ended to the IJutto river, where we found quantities 

 of Catficnrtiu ril/ovi in fruit. This plant is extremelv local iu'its 



