Himalayan Journals, vol 2 by J. D. Hooker (great reads TXT) 📖

4,688

6 Noukreem 5,601

10 Mooshye 4,863

35 Pomrang 5,143

12 Amwee 4,105

9 Joowye 4,387

3 Nurtiung 4,178

SERIES X.--Soormah, Silhet, Megna, Chittagong, etc.

No. of Elevation Obs. Name of Locality Feet

27 Silhet (Mr. Stainforth's) 133

38 Soormah river, between Silhet and Megna 46

36 Silchar 116

24 Megna river +.020*

12 Noacolly (Dr. Baker's) -.039

10 Noacolly on voyage to Chittagong .000**

72 Chittagong (Mr. Sconce's) 191

8 Chittagong flagstaff-hill at south head of harbour 151

2 Seetakoond hill 1,136

16 Seetakoond bungalow -.069*

3 Hat-Hazaree -.039

12 Hattiah -.049

4 Sidhee -.039

17 Chittagong to Megna -.014**

10 Eastern Sunderbunds +.002

Difference between barometer at station and Calcutta barometer.

** The observations were taken only when the boat was high and dry, and above the mean level of the waters.

INDEX.

A

Abies, Brunoniana, i. 206, 209, 272, 274, 342; ii. 25, 32, 44, 108; Smithiana, ii. 25, 32, 45; Webbiana, i. 191, 272, 307, 342; ii. 44, 108.

Abrus precatorius (note), i. 16.

Acacia Arabica, i. 60, 80; Catechu, i. 31, 52, 393, 395; Serissa, i. 193.

Acarus, ii. 173.

Aconitum, Himalayan, ii. 108; palmatum, i. 168; Napellus, i. 168; variegatum (note), ii. 107.

Acorns, abundance of, i. 373.

Acorus Calamusa, i. 286.

Actinolites, ii. 146.

Adamia cyanea, i. 112.

Adenanthera pavonina, ii. 328.

AEgle Marmelos, i. 25, 50, (note) i. 16.

Agates, i. 33, 91.

Ailurua ochraceus, ii. 108.

Akshobya, image of, i. 322.

Alligator, i. 51, 54; droppings of in river banks, ii. 251.

Alluvium, Gangetic, i. 88, 379.

Alsophila gigantea, i. 110, 142; (note), ii. 13. spinulosa (note), ii. 13.

Amber used in Sikkim, ii. 194.

Ameletia Indica, i. 386.

American plants in Himalaya, ii. 39.

Amherstia, ii. 245.

Amlah, Sikkim, ii. 192; examination by, ii. 211.

Amulet, Tibetan, i. 166.

Amwee, ii. 315.

Andromeda, ii. 22, 39; fastigiata, i. 343. Andropogon acicularis, i. 385; muricatus, i. 42.

Animals at Tungu, ii. 92.

Antelope, ii. 132.

Antilope Hodgsoni, ii. 157.

Ants' hills, white, i. 20.

Aponogeton, i. 62.

Apoplexy, symptoms of at great elevations, ii. 178.

Apple, crab, ii. 32; wild, i. 205; ii. 148.

Aquilaria Agallocha, ii. 328.

Aralia used for fodder, i. 359; pith yielding rice-paper, i. 359.

Ararat, Mount, ii. 3.

Areca gracilis, ii. 10 (note), i. 143.

Arenaria rupifraga, ii. 89.

Argemone Mexicana, i. 30.

Arisoema, i. 49.

Aristolochia saccata, ii. 6.

Arrat, name of Lepchas, i. 127.

Arrow-root, i. 93.

Artemisia, headache produced by, ii. 20; Indica (note), ii. 20.

Arums, food prepared from, ii. 49; poisoning by, ii. 75.

Arun river, i. 224; ii. 124, 143; sources of, ii. 167.

Asarum, ii. 48.

Assam valley, view of, ii. 290.

Ass, wild, ii. 172. (See Equus Hemionus and Kiang).

Astragalus, used for making paper, ii. 162; Tibetan (note), ii. 165.

Atmosphere, dry, i. 65; transparency of, ii. 127, 169.

Atmospheric vapours, strata of, i. 188, 310.

Attar of roses, i. 78.

Aucuba, i. 126; ii. 39.

Aurora Borealis, i. 37; Appendix, p. 384.

B

Baghoda, i. 26.

Baikant-pore, i. 393.

Bails, or Thuggee stations, i. 68.

Baisarbatti terrace, i. 401.

Baker, Dr., ii. 339.

Balanites, i. 25.

Balanophora, ii. 19, 47; cups made from, i. 132; knots caused by, i. 133.

Balasun river, i. 110, 402.

Bamboo, dwarf, i. 126; eatable grain of, i. 313; flowering of, i. 155, 158; kinds of in Khasia, ii. 268; kinds and uses of in Sikkim, i. 155, 158; planted, i. 386.

Bambusa stricta, i 30.

Bananas, wild, i. 20, 143; scarlet-fruited, ii. 319.

Ban, or Lepcha knife, i. 130.

Banyan tree, i. 18; of Calcutta gardens, ii. 246.

Barnes, Mr., i. 95; Mr. Charles, i. 114.

Barometer, accident to, ii. 139; observations on Jheela, ii, 258.

Baroon on Soane river, i. 35.

Bassia butyracea, i. 151; latifolia, i. 16.

Bath, hot, at Bhomsong, i. 305; at Momay, ii. 133; at Yeumtong, ii. 117.

Beadle, Lieut., i. 26.

Beaumontia, i. 401.

Bee, alpine, ii. 68; boring, i. 374; leaf-cutting, i. 46.

Beejaghur, i. 56.

Bees'-nests, i. 201; ii. 16.

Begonia, alpine, ii. 108.

Behar, hills of, i. 32.

Belcuppee, i. 28.

Bellows, Himalayan, ii 82; of Khasia, ii. 310; of leaves, i. 53.

Benares, i. 71; observatory at, i. 74.

Berberis Asiatica (note), i. 24; concinna, ii. 198; insignis, i. 364.

Betel-pepper, i. 99; ii. 327.

Bhaugulpore, i. 90; gardens at, i. 91.

Bhel fruit, i. 50.

Bhomsong, i. 297; ii. 8; temperature of soil at, i. 305.

Bhomtso, ii. 124, 164, 174; elevation, temperature etc., at, ii. 175.

Bhotan, called Dhurma country (note), i. 136; 366 (note).

Bhotanese (note), i. 136; ii. 232.

Bhotan Himalaya, i. 153; ii. 165, 298.

Bhoteeas, i. 205, 215.

Bhote (note), i. 136.

Bignonia Indicta, i. 16.

Bijooas, or Lepcha priests, i. 135.

Bikh poison, i. 168; ii. 108.

Bind hills, i. 64.

Birds at Momay, ii. 131; of Khasia, ii. 305; of Terai, i. 399.

Black-rock of Colonel Waugh (note), ii. 18.

Blocks, granite, ii. 293, 310; split, i. 201; syenite, ii. 303.

Boat on Ganges, i. 70.

Boga-panee, ii. 287, 308.

Bombax, i. 26.

Boodhist banners, i. 144; monuments, i. 147; temple, i. 77; worship, i. 174, 324; worship introduced into Sikkim, i. 127.

Borassus, i. 39.

Bore, or tidal-wave, ii. 343.

Bor-panee, ii. 301, 318.

Borrera, ii. 165, 173.

Borr (Pandanus), i. 300; ii. 9.

Boswellia thurifera, i. 29, 39.

Botrichium Virginicum, i. 293.

Boulders in river-beds, i. 288; of gneiss on Jongri, i. 353; on Mon Lepcha, i. 342.

Bowringia, ii. 313.

Bread, Tibetan, i. 297.

Breccia, modern formation of, i. 200.

Bridge, at Amwee, ii. 315; living, ii. 268; of canes, i. 149; ii. 21.

Buceros, i. 187.

Buchanania, i. 26.

Bucklandia, ii. 185.

Buckwheat, cultivated at Jigatzi, ii. 171; wild, ii. 31.

Bufo scabra, ii. 96.

Bugs, flying, i. 81.

Burdwan, i. 6; coal-fields, i. 8.

Burkutta river, i. 28.

Burrampooter, altered course of, ii. 253, 346; old bed of, ii. 256; Tibetan, see Yaru-tsampu; view of from Khasia, ii. 300, 301.

Butea frondosa, i. 9, 52, 381, 392.

Butter, churning, ii. 77, 87; ornaments made of, ii. 88.

Butterflies, painted lady, ii. 33; at various elevations, ii. 26, 65, 98, 132; tropical, i. 152.

C

Cachar, ii. 326; rain-fall at, ii. 334.

Coesalpinia paniculata, i. 25.

Cajana, i. 13.

Calami,