Chapter 10

Leave Dorjiling for Calcutta -- Jung Bahadoor -- Dr. Falconer -- Improvements in Botanic Gardens -- Palmetum -- Victoria -- _Amherstia_ -- Orchids spread by seed -- Banyan -- _Cycas_ -- Importation of American plants in ice -- Return to Dorjiling -- Leave with Dr. Thomson for the Khasia mountains -- Mahanuddy river -- Vegetation of banks -- Maldah -- Alligators -- Rampore-Bauleah -- Climate of Ganges -- Pubna -- Jummul river -- Altered course of Burrampooter and Megna -- Dacca -- Conch shells -- Saws -- Cotton muslins -- Fruit -- Vegetation -- Elevation -- Rose of Bengal -- Burrampooter -- Delta of Soormah river -- Jheels -- Soil -- Vegetation -- Navigation -- Mosquitos -- Atmospheric pressure -- Effects of geological changes -- Imbedding of plants -- Teelas or islets -- Chattuc -- Salubrious climate -- Rains -- Canoes -- Pundua -- Mr. Harry Inglis -- Terrya Ghat -- Ascent to Churra -- Scenery and vegetation at foot of mountains -- Cascades.