Himalayan Journals — Volume 1 by J. D. (Joseph Dalton) Hooker
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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. Tassiding, view of and from -- Funereal cypress -- Camp at Sunnook -- Hot vapours -- Lama's house -- Temples, decorations, altars, idols, general effect -- Chaits -- Date of erection -- Plundered by Ghorkas -- Cross Ratong -- Ascend to Pemiongehi -- Relation of river-beds to strike of rocks -- Slopes of ravines -- Pemiongehi, view of -- Vegetation -- Elevation -- Temple, decorations, etc. -- Former capital of Sikkim -- History of Sikkim -- Nightingales -- Campbell departs -- Tchonpong -- _Edgeworthia_ -- Cross Rungbee and Ratong -- Hoar-frost on plantains -- Yoksun -- Walnuts -- View -- Funereal cypresses -- Doobdi -- Gigantic cypresses -- Temples -- Snow-fall -- Sikkim, etc. -- Toys. CHAPTER XV. Leave Yoksun for Kinchinjunga -- Ascend Ratong valley -- Salt-smuggling over Ratong -- Landslips -- Plants -- Buckeem -- Blocks of gneiss -- Mon Lepcha -- View -- Weather -- View from Gubroo -- Kinchinjunga, tops of -- Pundimcliff -- Nursing -- Vegetation of |
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