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HAVING accompanied Sir James Boss on his voyage of discovery to the Antarctic regions, where botany was my chief pursuit, on my return I earnestly desired to add to my acquaintance with the natural history of the temperate zones, more knowledge of that of the tropics than I ba...
HAVING accompanied Sir James Boss on his voyage of discovery to the Antarctic regions, where botany was my chief pursuit, on my return I earnestly desired to add to my acquainta...
2. Chapter 2Sunderbunds vegetation -- Calcutta Botanic Garden -- Leave for Burdwan -- Rajah's gardens and menagerie -- Coal-beds, geology, and plants of -- Lac insect and plant -- Camels --...
3. Chapter 3Doomree -- Vegetation of table-land -- Lieutenant Beadle -- Birds -- Hot springs of Soorujkoond -- Plants near them -- Shells in them -- Cholera-tree -- Olibanum -- Palms, form...
4. Chapter 4Ek-powa Ghat -- Sandstones -- Shahgunj -- Table-land, elevation, etc. -- Gum-arabic -- Mango -- Fair -- Aquatic plants -- Rujubbund -- Storm -- False sunset and sunrise -- Bind...
5. Chapter 5Leave Bhaugulpore -- Kunker -- Colgong -- Himalaya, distant view of -- Cosi, mouth of -- Difficult navigation -- Sand-storms -- Caragola-Ghat -- Purnea -- Ortolans -- Mahanuddy,...
6. Chapter 6View from Mr. Hodgson's of range of snowy mountains -- Their extent and elevation -- Delusive appearance of elevation -- Sinchul, view from and vegetation of -- Chumulari -- Mag...
7. Chapter 7Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet -- Zones of vegetation -- Tree-ferns -- Palms, upper limit of -- Leebong, tea plantations -- Ging -- Boodhist remains -- Tropical veget...
8. Chapter 8Continue the ascent of Tonglo -- Trees -- Lepcha construction of hut -- Simsibong -- Climbing-trees -- Frogs -- Magnolias, etc. -- Ticks -- Leeches -- Cattle, murrain amongst --...
9. Chapter 9Difficulty in procuring leave to enter Sikkim -- Obtain permission to travel in East Nepal -- Arrangements -- Coolies -- Stores -- Servants -- Personal equipment -- Mode of trav...
10. Chapter 10Leave Mywa -- Suspension bridge -- Landslips -- Vegetation -- Slope of river-bed -- Bees' nests -- Glacial phenomena -- Tibetans, clothing, ornaments, amulets, salutation, child...
11. Chapter 11Return from Wallanchoon pass -- Procure a bazaar at village -- Dance of Lamas -- Blackening face, Tibetan custom of -- Temple and convent -- Leave for Kanglachem pass -- Send pa...
12. Chapter 12Ascend to Nango mountain -- Moraines -- Glaciers -- Vegetation -- _Rhododendron Hodgsoni_ -- Rocks -- Honey-combed surface of snow -- Perpetual snow -- Top of pass -- View -- El...
13. Chapter 13Yalloong valley -- Find Kanglanamo pass closed -- Change route for the southward -- _Picrorhiza_ -- View of Kubra -- _Rhododendron Falconeri_ -- Yalloong river -- Junction of gn...
14. Chapter 14Raklang pass -- Uses of nettles -- Edible plants -- Lepcha war -- Do-mani stone -- Neongong -- Teesta valley -- Pony, saddle, etc. -- Meet Campbell -- Vegetation and scenery --...
15. Chapter 15Tassiding, view of and from -- Funereal cypress -- Camp at Sunnook -- Hot vapours -- Lama's house -- Temples, decorations, altars, idols, general effect -- Chaits -- Date of ere...
16. Chapter 16Leave Yoksun for Kinchinjunga -- Ascend Ratong valley -- Salt-smuggling over Ratong -- Landslips -- Plants -- Buckeem -- Blocks of gneiss -- Mon Lepcha -- View -- Weather -- Vie...
17. Chapter 17Ratong river below Mon Lepcha -- Ferns -- Vegetation of Yoksun, tropical -- _Araliaceae_, fodder for cattle -- Rice-paper plant -- Geology of Yoksun -- Lake -- Old temples -- Fu...
18. Chapter 18Dispatch collections -- Acorns -- Heat -- Punkabaree -- Bees -- Vegetation -- Haze -- Titalya -- Earthquake -- Proceed to Nepal frontier -- Terai, geology of -- Physical feature...
19. Chapter 19Sunderbunds vegetation -- Calcutta Botanic Garden -- Leave for Burdwan -- Rajah's gardens and menagerie -- Coal-beds, geology, and plants of -- Lac insect and plant -- Camels --...
20. Chapter 20Doomree -- Vegetation of table-land -- Lieutenant Beadle -- Birds -- Hot springs of Soorujkoond -- Plants near them -- Shells in them -- Cholera-tree -- Olibanum -- Palms, form...
21. Chapter 21Ek-powa Ghat -- Sandstones -- Shahgunj -- Table-land, elevation, etc. -- Gum-arabic -- Mango -- Fair -- Aquatic plants -- Rujubbund -- Storm -- False sunset and sunrise -- Bind...
22. Chapter 22Leave Bhagulpore -- Kunker -- Colgong -- Himalaya, distant view of -- Cosi, mouth of -- Difficult navigation -- Sand storms -- Caragola-Ghat -- Purnea -- Ortolans -- Mahanuddee,...
23. Chapter 23View from Mr. Hodgson's of range of snowy mountains -- Their extent and elevation -- Delusive appearance of elevation -- Sinchul, view from and vegetation of -- Chumulari -- Mag...
24. Chapter 24Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet -- Zones of vegetation -- Tree-ferns -- Palms, upper limit of -- Leebong, tea plantations -- Ging -- Boodhist remains -- Tropical veget...
25. Chapter 25Continue the ascent of Tonglo -- Trees -- Lepcha construction of hut -- Simsibong -- Climbing-trees -- Frogs -- Magnolias, etc. -- Ticks -- Leeches -- -- Cattle, murrain amongst...
26. Chapter 26Difficulty in procuring leave to enter Sikkim -- Obtain permission to travel in East Nepal -- Arrangements -- Coolies -- Stores -- Servants -- Personal equipment -- Mode of trav...
27. Chapter 27Leave Mywa -- Suspension bridge -- Landslips -- Vegetation -- Slope of riverbed -- Bees' nests -- Glacial phenomena -- Tibetans, clothing, ornaments, amulets, salutation, childr...
28. Chapter 28Return from Wallanchoon pass -- Procure a bazaar at village -- Dance of Lamas -- Blacking face, Tibetan custom of -- Temple and convent -- Leave for Kanglachem pass -- Send part...
29. Chapter 29Ascend to Nango mountain -- Moraines -- Glaciers -- Vegetation -- _Rhododendron Hodgsoni_ -- Rocks -- Honey-combed surface of snow -- Perpetual snow -- Top of pass -- View -- El...
30. Chapter 30Yalloong valley -- Fiud Kanglanamo pass closed -- Change route for the southward -- _Picrorhiza_ -- View of Kubra -- _Rhododendron Falconeri_ -- Yalloong river -- Junction of gn...
31. Chapter 31Raklang pass -- Uses of nettles -- Edible plants -- Lepcha war -- Do-mani stone -- Neongong -- Teesta valley -- Pony, saddle, etc. -- Meet Campbell -- Vegetation and scenery --...
32. Chapter 32Tassiding, view of and from -- Funereal cypress -- Camp at Sunnook -- Hot vapours -- Lama's house -- Temples, decorations, altars, idols, general effect -- Chaits -- Date of ere...
33. Chapter 33Leave Yoksun for Kinchinjunga -- Ascend Ratong valley -- Salt-smuggling over Ratong -- Landslips -- Plants -- Buckeem -- Blocks of gneiss -- Mon Lepcha -- View -- Weather -- Vie...
34. Chapter 34Ratong river below Mon Lepcha -- Ferns -- Vegetation of Yoksun, tropical -- _Araliaceae,_ fodder for cattle -- Rice-paper plant -- Geology of Yoksun -- Lake -- Old temples -- Fu...
35. Chapter 35Dispatch collections -- Acorns -- Heat -- Punkabaree -- Bees -- Vegetation -- Haze -- Titalya -- Earthquake -- Proceed to Nepal frontier -- Terai, geology of -- Physical feature...