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our English G. pratense, Hypericum (two species), a yellow 
Clematis, with bell-shaped flowers, very pretty. One of the 
handsomest trees on the lower hills of Cheena is a large vine- 
leaf-shaped Maple. The treeless slopes are a mass of blue 
Thistles, Verbascums, white Everlastings, Ragwort, and other 
flowering herbaceous plants. The rocks are covered with 
masses of a fine small-leaved Cotoneaster, and in sheltered 
places, Cheilanthes, in two varieties, and a pretty Selaginella 
grow. The large and exposed cliffs are generally covered 
with large-leaved Saxifrages, Ampelopsis, and a lovely blue 
Composite, like a blue Dandelion. The shaded gorges below 
Cheena, on the north, are filled wflth a magnificent Oak (ever¬ 
green) forest, and Ferns are very abundant. The tree trunks are 
covered with a mass of Polypodium appendiculatum , and the 
shaded banks with a very pretty Adiantum, much like A. Mono- 
chlamys of Japan. We found also a beautiful Anoectochilus 
growing in the moss in one place; also a Cornus, a bush with 
lovely corymbs of scarlet berries, quite a feature in the jungle. 
On the tops of the ridges are masses of Spirasa, a shrubby species, 
with Deutzias and Berberids. I noticed the Forest Depart¬ 
ment had planted Walnuts largely in one place, and they seem 
to do very well. Primula denticulata is very abundant, and a 
fine scarlet-flowered Polygonum. Under the dense shade of the 
forest the banks are covered with a fine-leaved Opliiopogon. A 
great feature now on Cheena are the masses of white Ever¬ 
lastings, three or four varieties : one sees them for miles on the 
green slopes. This is the home of the bhurul (wild sheep), 
sarou (goat antelope), kharker (barking deer), jarou (large deer, 
or sambur) ; there are also plenty of panthers, fresh marks of 
which we constantly came across in our rambles. The College 
and Cheer pheasant abound here ; also wood-partridges. 
Naini Tal can be sometimes a very wet place. It com¬ 
menced to rain at 10 p.m. last night, and came down in torrents. 
I have been in my room ever since. To-day the rain has not 
abated one jot, and is now coming down so hard that one cannot 
discern an object 100 yards off. The total rainfall for June, 
July, August, to September 16 this season is 166‘63 inches ; 
rather a good amount for three months and a half—more than 
England receives in three years I daresay. Yet people think 
they can grow fine Apples and Pears in such a downpour ! The 
