p 2 Mr. Saunders’s Account of the 
Taffefudon we bad a continued and fteep afcent for fix hours 
and a half, with a very inconfiderable defcent on the Tafle- 
ludon fide. From the fouth fide of the mountain dividing 
Boutan from Thibet, the fprings and rivulets are tumbling 
down in cafcades and torrents, and have been traced by us 
near to the foot of the hills, where they empty themfelves 
to the eaftward of Buxaduar. On the north fide they glide 
fmoothly along, and by pafiing to the northward as far as 
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Tilhoolumboo, prove a defcent on that fide, which the eye 
could not detedl. This part of the country, being the mod 
elevated, is at all times the coldefl: ; and the fnowy moun- 
tains, from their heights and bearings, notwithftanding the 
diftance, are certainly thofe feen fromPurnea. 
The foil on the Thibet fide of the mountain is fandy, with 
much gravel and many loofe ftones. On the road found the 
Aconitum pyreneum, and two fpecies of the Saxifraga. 
See a large flock of chowry tailed cattle ; their extenfive 
range of pafiure feems to make amends for its poverty. 
From Faro to Duina, Sept. 15. From Faro to D'uina pafs 
over an extenfive plain, bounded by many fmall hills, oddly 
arranged ; fome of them detached and Angle, and all feem 
compofed of fand collected in that form, having the plain for 
their general bafe. 
At Duina found a few plots of barley, which they are now 
cutting down, though green, as defpairing of its ripening* 
The thermometer, at fix o’clock in the morning, below the 
freezing point, and the ground partially covered with fnow. 
Road to Chalu, Sept. 16. Continue on the plain; find 
three fprings forcing their way through the ground with vio- 
lence, and giving rife to a lake many miles in extent, ftored 
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