Isolated patches of vegetation appeared on the top of the pass, where I gathered forty kinds of plants, most of them being of a tufted habit characteristic of an extreme climate; some (as species of _Caryophylleae_) forming hemi-spherical balls on the naked soil; others* [The other plants found on the pass were; of smooth hairless ones, _Ranunculus,_ Fumitory, several species of _Stellaria, Arenaria, Cruciferae, Parnassia, Morina,_ saxifrages, _Sedum,_ primrose, _Herminium, Polygonum, Campanula, Umbelliferae,_ grasses and _Carices_: of woolly or hairy once, _Anemone, Artemisia, Myosotis, Draba, Potentilla,_ and several _Compositae,_ etc.] growing in matted tufts level with the ground. The greater portion had no woolly covering; nor did I find any of the cottony species of _Saussurea,_ which are so common on the wetter mountains to the southward. Some most delicate-flowered plants even defy the biting winds of these exposed regions; such are a prickly _Meconopsis_ with slender flower-stalks and four large blue poppy-like petals, a _Cyananthus_ with a membranous bell-shaped corolla, and a fritillary. Other curious plants were a little yellow saxifrage with long runners (very like the arctic _S. flagellaris,_ of Spitzbergen and Melville Island), and the strong-scented spikenard (_Nardostachys_). The rocks were chiefly of reddish quartz, and so was the base of Chomiomo. Kinchinjhow on the contrary was of gneiss, with granite veins: the strike of both was north-west, and the dip north-east 20 degrees to 30 degrees. We made a fire at the top with sheep's droppings, of which the Phipun had brought up a bagfull, and with it a pair of goat-skin bellows, which worked by a slit that was opened by the hand in the act of raising; when inflated, the hole was closed, and the skin pressed down, thus forcing the air through the bamboo nozzle: this is the common form of bellows throughout Tibet and the Himalaya. After two hours I was very stiff and cold, and suffering from headache and giddiness, owing to the elevation; and having walked about thirteen miles botanizing, I was glad to ride down. We reached the Phipun's tents about 6 p.m., and had more tea before proceeding to Tungu. The night was fortunately fine and calm, with a few stars and a bright young moon, which, with the glare from the snows, lighted up the valley, and revealed magnificent glimpses of the majestic mountains. As the moon sank, and we descended the narrowing valley, darkness came on, and with a boy to lead my sure-footed pony, I was at liberty uninterruptedly to reflect on the events of a day, on which I had attained the object of so many years' ambition. Now that all obstacles were surmounted, and I was returning laden with materials for extending the knowledge of a science which had formed the pursuit of my life, will it be wondered at that I felt proud, not less for my own sake, than for that of the many friends, both in India and at home, who were interested in my success?