Chapter 17

Ratong river below Mon Lepcha -- Ferns -- Vegetation of Yoksun, tropical -- _Araliaceae_, fodder for cattle -- Rice-paper plant -- Geology of Yoksun -- Lake -- Old temples -- Funereal cypresses -- Gigantic chart -- Altars -- Songboom -- Weather -- Catsuperri -- Velocity of Ratong -- Worship at Catsuperri lake -- Scenery -- Willow -- Lamas and ecclesiastical establishments of Sikkim -- Tengling -- Changachelling temples and monks -- Portrait of myself on walls -- Block of mica-schist -- Lingcham Kajee asks for spectacles -- Hee-hill -- Arrive at Little Rungeet -- At Dorjiling -- Its deserted and wintry appearance.