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constant relation with the higher peaks and passes in their commercial 
and religious intercourse with transnivean Tibet. The Pahariyas have 
no name for the individual snow-peaks, but call them collectively 
* Himal ’ from Skt. hima snow, -f* alaya, house = ‘ abode of 
snow ; ’ or ‘ Dhaula giri, Skt. -f- f^rfr ‘ white mountain ’ (= ‘ Mont 
Blanc.’) 
Lepcha names of Mountains. 
Shin-shel hlo (Ang. Senchul) = Shin , cloud and mist-enveloped 
-4* shel, to be wet or dank hlo , a mountain = ‘ the damp 
misty hill.’ This mountain overlooking the plains receives 
the full force of the monsoon and is cloud-capped for the 
greater part of the year, so as to have been abandoned as a 
military site for the very qualities designated by its Lepcha 
name. 
Ma-hal-di ram = Mahaldi , name of river above described, -f ram, 
the source or fountain-head = ‘ the head of the Mahaldi ’ 
river. 
Sa-thong hlo (Ang. Sitong) = Sa-thong , a tiger -f hlo, a hill = 
i tiger-hill.’ A hill near Kursiong overlooking the tarai and 
still frequented by tigers. 
Kung-GOL hlo, the Lepcha name for Jalapaha.r = Rung, a tree 
-h gol, fallen or upset. The appearance from above is that of 
a prostrate tree: Birch Hill and Lebong Spurs being the main 
branches, and the smaller spurs the branchlets. 
Fok-lut (Ang. Phallut) = Fok to be excoriated or denuded + 
lut, an elevation or peak. This peak is so called on account of 
its top being bare of forest (being above the limit of trees), 
giving the appearance of being stripped or peeled of forest. 
Sing-le hlo (Ang. Singlelah) = Sing-le, a kind of alpine Alder 
(Alnus vel Betula , sp.). A steep mountain on the Nepal 
frontier beyond Phallut crowned by Alder trees. 
Tun-dong or Tun-rong (Ang. Tendong) = Tun, to heap or raise 
up -4* rong, a horn; also Tung rong, = a ladder. A sub- 
conical mountain, which tradition asserts arose like a horn 
from amid a local deluge, and so enabled the Lepchas to escape 
being drowned. Their tribal name of Rong may perhaps be 
associated with this legend. 
Ma-nom (Ang. Mainom) = Ma, mother + nom. sister. ‘ The elder 
sister ’ of Tendong. 
Sa-bar kam (Ang. Subarkum) = Sa-bar, the musk-deer, -4- kam, 
an overhanging rock. Formerly a favourite haunt of musk-deer, 
between Sandukfu and Phallut. 
