CHAPTER III.

Sildang river -- Fine grove of Deodars -- Nachar -- Fruit-trees -- Vine seen for first time -- Boundaries of Kulu and Kunawar -- Cross Sutlej at Wangtu bridge -- Vegetation of bare rocky valley -- Waterfall -- Chegaon -- _Pinus Gerardiana_ -- Miru -- Absence of rain -- Alteration of vegetation -- _Quercus Ilex_ -- Rogi -- Willow and Poplar -- Chini -- Cultivated Plain -- Kashbir -- Pangi -- Camp at upper level of trees -- Junipers -- Werang Pass -- Alpine Vegetation -- Birch and _Rhododendron_ -- Granite Boulders -- Lipa -- Alluvial Deposits -- Encamp at 12,500 feet -- Runang Pass -- Vegetation very scanty -- Stunted Forest -- Sungnam 63