Himalayan Journals — Volume 1: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.Hooker, Joseph Dalton
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Himalayan Journals — Volume 1: Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel; Natural history -- Himalaya Mountains
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 going to meet Rajah -- Views in valley -- Leave for
Teesta river -- Tipsy Kajee -- Hospitality -- Murwa beer -- Temples
-- _Acorus Calamus_ -- Long Mendong -- Burning of dead --
Superstitions -- Cross Great Rungeet -- Boulders, origin of --
Purchase of a dog -- Marshes -- Lamas -- Dismiss Ghorkhas -- Bhoteea
house -- Murwa beer.
CHAPTER XIII.
Raklang pass -- Uses of nettles -- Edible plants -- Lepcha war --
Do-mani stone -- Neongong -- Teesta valley -- Pony, saddle, etc. --
Meet Campbell -- Vegetation and scenery -- Presents -- Visit of Dewan
-- Characters of Rajah and Dewan -- Accounts of Tibet -- Lhassa --
Siling -- Tricks of Dewan -- Walk up Teesta -- Audience of Rajah --
Lamas -- Kajees -- Tchebu Lama, his character and position -- Effects
of interview -- Heir-apparent -- Dewan's house -- Guitar -- Weather
-- Fall of river -- Tibet officers -- Gigantic trees -- Neongong lake
-- Mainom, ascent of -- Vegetation -- Camp on snow -- Silver-firs --
View from top -- Kinchin, etc. -- Geology -- Vapours -- Sunset effect
-- Elevation -- Temperature, etc. -- Lamas of Neongong -- Temples --
Religious festival Bamboo, flowering -- Recross pass of Raklang --
Numerous temples, villages, etc. -- Domestic animals -- Descent to
Great Rungeet.
CHAPTER XIV.
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