Himalayan Journals, vol 1 | Page 6

-- Bikh poison --
English genera of plants -- Ascent of tropical orders -- Comparison
with south temperate zone -- Heavy rain -- Temperature, etc. -- Descent
-- Simonbong temple -- Furniture therein -- Praying-cylinder --
Thigh-bone trumpet -- Morning orisons -- Present of Murwa beer, etc.

CHAPTER VIII.
Difficulty in procuring leave to enter Sikkim -- Obtain permission to
travel in East Nepal -- Arrangements -- Coolies -- Stores -- Servants --
Personal equipment -- Mode of travelling -- Leave Dorjiling -- Goong
ridge -- Behaviour of Bhotan coolies -- Nepal frontier -- Myong valley
-- Ilam -- Sikkim massacre -- Cultivation -- Nettles -- Camp at Nanki
on Tonglo -- Bhotan coolies run away -- View of Chumulari -- Nepal
peaks to west -- Sakkiazong -- Buceros -- Road to Wallanchoon -- Oaks
-- Scarcity of water -- Singular view of mountain-valleys --
Encampment -- My tent and its furniture -- Evening occupations --

Dunkotah-Cross ridge of Sakkiazong -- Yews -- Silver-firs-View of
Tambur valley -- Pemmi river -- Pebbly terraces -- Geology -- Holy
springs -- Enormous trees -- Luculia gratissima -- Khawa river, rocks
of -- Arrive at Tambur -- Shingle and gravel terraces -- Natives,
indolence of -- Canoe ferry -- Votive offerings -- Bad road --
Temperature, etc. -- Chingtam village, view from -- Mywa river and
Guola -- House -- Boulders -- Chain-bridge -- Meepo, arrival of --
Fevers.

CHAPTER IX.
Leave Mywa -- Suspension bridge -- Landslips -- Vegetation -- Slope
of river-bed -- Bees' nests -- Glacial phenomena -- Tibetans, clothing,
ornaments, amulets, salutation, children, dogs -- Last Limboo village,
Taptiatok -- Beautiful scenery -- Tibet village of Lelyp -- _Opuntia --
Edgeworthia -- Crab-apple_ -- Chameleon and porcupine --
Praying-machine -- Abies Brunoniana -- European plants -- Grand
scenery -- Arrive at Wallanchoon -- Scenery around -- Trees -- Tibet
houses -- Manis and Mendongs -- Tibet household -- Food -- Tea-soup
-- Hospitality -- Yaks and Zobo, uses and habits of -- Bhoteeas --
Yak-hair tents -- Guobah of Walloong -- Jatamansi -- Obstacles to
proceeding-Climate and weather -- Proceed -- Rhododendrons, etc. --
Lichens -- Poa annua and Shepherd's purse -- Tibet camp --
Tuquoroma -- Scenery of pass -- Glaciers and snow -- Summit -- Plants,
woolly, etc.

CHAPTER X.
Return from Wallanchoon pass -- Procure a bazaar at village -- Dance
of Lamas -- Blackening face, Tibetan custom of -- Temple and convent
-- Leave for Kanglachem pass -- Send part of party back to Dorjiling --
Yangma Guola -- Drunken Tibetans -- Guobah of Wallanchoon --
Camp at foot of Great Moraine -- View from top -- Geological

speculations -- Height of moraines -- Cross dry lake-bed -- Glaciers --
More moraines -- Terraces -- Yangma temples -- Jos, books and
furniture -- Peak of Nango -- Lake -- Arrive at village -- Cultivation --
Scenery -- Potatos -- State of my provisions -- Pass through village --
Gigantic boulders -- Terraces -- Wild sheep -- Lake-beds -- Sun's
power -- Piles of gravel and detritus -- Glaciers and moraines -- Pabuk,
elevation of -- Moonlight scene -- Return to Yangma -- Temperature,
etc. -- Geological causes of phenomena in valley -- Scenery of valley
on descent.

CHAPTER XI.
Ascend to Nango mountain -- Moraines -- Glaciers -- Vegetation --
Rhododendron Hodgsoni -- Rocks -- Honey-combed surface of snow --
Perpetual snow -- Top of pass -- View -- Elevation -- Geology --
Distance of sound -- Plants -- Temperature -- Scenery -- Cliffs of
granite and hurled boulders -- Camp -- Descent -- Pheasants -- Larch --
Himalayan pines -- Distribution of Deodar, note on -- Tassichooding
temples -- Kambachen village -- Cultivation -- Moraines in valley,
distribution of -- Picturesque lake-beds, and their vegetation -- Tibetan
sheep and goats -- Cryptogramma crispa -- Ascent to Choonjerma pass
-- View of Junnoo -- Rocks of its summit -- Misty ocean -- Nepal peaks
-- Top of pass -- Temperature, and observations -- Gorgeous sunset --
Descent to Yalloong valley -- Loose path -- Night scenes -- Musk deer.

CHAPTER XII.
Yalloong valley -- Find Kanglanamo pass closed -- Change route for
the southward -- Picrorhiza -- View of Kubra -- Rhododendron
Falconeri -- Yalloong river -- Junction of gneiss and clay-slate -- Cross
Yalloong range -- Yiew -- Descent -- Yew -- Vegetation -- Misty
weather -- Tongdam village -- Khabang -- Tropical vegetation --
Sidingbah mountain -- View of Kinchinjunga -- Yangyading village --

Slopes of hills, and courses of rivers -- Khabili valley -- Ghorkha
Havildar's bad conduct -- Ascend Singalelah -- Plague of ticks -- Short
commons -- Cross Islumbo pass -- Boundary of Sikkim -- Kulhait
valley -- Lingcham -- Reception by Kajee -- Hear of Dr. Campbell's