Plate I. The Dhak, _Butea frondosa,_ and _Cochlospermum gossypium,_ with the Kymore Hills in the background. Plate II. View of Kinchinjunga from Mr. Hodgson’s bungalow at Dorjiling, from a sketch by W. Tayler, Esq., B.C.S. Plate III. From Chingtam, looking up the Tambur Valley. Plate IV. Nango mountain, from the summit of the great moraine in Yangma Valley, looking eastward. Plate V. Junnoo mountain from the Choonjerma Pass. Plate VI. View of Kinchinjunga from Singtam, looking north-westward. Plate VII. Kinchinjunga from the Thlonok river, with rhododendrons in flower. Plate VIII. Tibet and Cholamoo lake from the summit of the Donkia pass, looking north-west. Plate IX. Kinchinjhow, Donkia, and Cholamoo lake, from the summit of Bhomtso, looking south; the summit of Chumulari is introduced in the extreme left of the view. Plate X. The table-land and station of Churra, with the Jheels, course of the Soormah river, and Tipperah hills in the extreme distance, looking south. Plate XI. The Bhotan Himalaya, Assam valley, and Burrampooter river, from Nunklow, looking north. Plate XII. Seetakoond hill. WOOD ENGRAVINGS Fig. 1. Old tamarind trees. Fig. 2. Crossing the Soane River above Tura, with the Kymore Hills in the background. Fig. 3. Equatorial sun-dial, Benares Observatory. Fig. 4. Equinoctial sun-dial, Benares Observatory. Fig. 5. Azimuth circle, Benares Observatory. Fig. 6. Monghyr on the Ganges. Fig. 7. Punkabaree, Sikkim Terai, and Balasun River. The trees in the foreground are _Araliaceæ_. Fig. 8. Lepcha girl and Boodhist priest. From a sketch by Miss Colvile. Fig. 9. _Pinus longifolia,_ in the great Rungeet Valley. Fig. 10. Construction of a cane suspension-bridge. Fig. 11. Lepcha boy carrying a bamboo water-vessel. From a sketch by Miss Colvile. Fig. 12. Amulet usually worn by Lepchas. Fig. 13. Trunk-like root of _Wightia gigantea,_ ascending a tree, which its stout rootlets clasp. Fig. 14. Interior of Boodhist temple at Simonbong. Fig. 15. Trumpet made of a human thigh-bone. Fig. 16. Tibetan amulet set with turquoises. Fig. 17. Head of Tibet Mastiff. From a sketch taken in the zoological gardens by C. Jenyns, Esq. Fig. 18. View on the Tambur River, with _Ambies brunoniana_. Fig. 19. Wallanchoon village, East Nepal. Fig. 20. Head of a Tibetan demon. From a model in the possession of Captain H. Strachey. Fig. 21. Ancient moraines surrounding the lower lake-bed in the Yangma valley (looking west). Fig. 22. Second lake-bed in the Yangma valley, with Nango mountain, (looking east). Fig. 23. Diagram of the terraces and glacial boulders, etc., at the fork of the Yangma valley (looking north-west up the valley). The terraces are represented as much too level and angular, and the boulders too large, the woodcut being intended as a diagram rather than as a view. Fig. 24.