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The most common bird is Lanuis. The sombre- coloured dove too 

 is rather common. The wheat cultivated here is poor, a good deal 

 of the Bromus occurs with it. Astragalus is common on the borders 

 of the fields, and in some of them Ervum, Lamium and Vicia. 



The whole upper surface of the column of Aristolochia of Telagoung, 

 is viscid and stigmatic, and likewise the margins of the depressions in 

 which the anthers are lodged, it is certainly akin to Rafflesiaceae. 



May 12th. — Proceeded to Chupcha, our march to, and indeed be- 

 yond Panga, seven miles from Lamnoo, was through exactly similar 

 country. The hills naked or clothed with firs, the path lay along the 

 river Teemboo chiefly, but occasionally we met with one or two stiff 

 ascents. On reaching Panga it was determined to push on to 

 Chupcha, which was said to be but a short way off ; we started, and 

 descended after sometime to the river, above which Panga is elevated 

 about 1,000 feet. We continued along the river, until we commenced 

 to ascend towards Chupcha, this ascent was very long and rather 

 steep, the road tolerably good. We found Chupeha to be ten miles 

 from Panga, and 8,000 feet high, the greatest height we crossed 

 being 8,600 feet, and this day we were told, that all our climb- 

 ings had ceased. The road was generally bad, and well furnished 

 with rocks : in one place we passed from 100 yards along the perpen- 

 dicular face of a cliff, the Teemboo roaring underneath, the road 

 was built up with slippery slabs of stone. The country was generally 

 very pretty, the scenery along the river being very picturesque. We 

 passed a waterfall of considerable size, which is Turner's Minzapeeza. 

 After leaving Panga we came on an uninhabited country, nor did we 

 see more than one village, until we reached the ridge immediately 

 above Chupcha, 1,000 feet above this, there is a very large village 

 inhabited by Gylongs, the bare summit of the hill rising an equal 

 height above it : snow visible to the south. The greatest distance 

 we descended was 6,500 feet, the greatest height 8,500 feet. The 

 distance seventeen miles, the longest march we have yet had. 



The vegetation was nearly the same up to the time we turned off 

 towards Chupcha, it was characterized by a profusion of Rosa, 

 among which the Cratsega, Symphorema, (which is less common 

 than towards Woollakkoo,) Rhamnus, Viburnum grandiflorum, Pinus 

 pendula, Thymus, Cycnium. 



In grassy banks of fields between Panga and Lamnoo, Astragalus, 

 Ervum, Vicia, Aster major, Rumex, Agrostia, in fields Hieraciae sp., 

 Caricia sp., Lactuca, Bromus. 



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