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species of in Himalaya, i. 143.

Calamus, ii. 10.

Calcutta, journey to, ii. 242.

Callitriche verna? (note), ii. 96.

Calotropis, i. 30, 86; C. arborea, i. 72; temperature of, i. 36.

Caltha palustris (note), ii. 77; scaposa (note), ii. 77.

Camels, i. 61; at Lhassa, ii. 172.

Campbell, Dr., joins me in Terai, i. 376; meet at Bhomsong, i. 297; at Choongtam, ii. 146; seizure of, ii. 202; sent as Superintendent of Dorjiling, i. 117; treatment of as prisoner, ii. 205.

Cane bridge at Choongtam, ii. 21; at Lachoong, ii 101; over Great Rungeet, i. 149.

Canoes of Teesta, i. 392, 396; of Tambur, i. 194; swamped, ii. 335.

Capparis acuminata, i. 38.

Cardamine hirsuta, i. 230.

Cardiopteris, ii. 334.

Carex Moorcroftii, ii. 155.

Carissa carandas, i. 14, 31.

Carroway, ii. 66.

Carthancus, i. 80.

Caryota urens, i. 143.

Cascades of Khasia, ii. 270; of Mamloo, ii. 278.

Cassia fistula, i. 393.

Casuarina (note), ii. 346.

Catechu, collecting, i. 52.

Cathcartia, ii. 198.

Catsuperri, i. 362; lake, i. 363; temples, i. 365.

Cave, Lieut., garden at Churra, ii. 284.

Cedrela Toona, i. 144, 193; ii. 18.

Cedrus Libami (note), i. 257.

Central India, hills of, i. 32.

Cervus Wallichii, antlers of, ii. 214.

Chachoo river, ii. 84.

Chahuchee, i. 51.

Chait, description of, i. 324; (note), i. 158.

Chakoong, ii. 18, 188.

Chamaerops Khasiana, ii. 279.

Chameleon, i. 205.

Changachelling, i. 368.

Chango-khang, ii. 84, 133, 141.

Chattuc, ii. 262, 309, 337.

Chaulmoogra (See Took), i. 151.

Cheadam, ii. 234.

Cheer-pine, i. 182.

Chela, ii. 306.

Chepanga, ii. 15.

Cherry, alpine wild, ii. 145.

Cheytoong, Lepcha boy, ii. 184.

Chillong hill, ii. 290.

Chinese plants in Khasia, ii. 318; in Sikkim, i. 126; ii. 39.

Chingtam, i. 196.

Chirring (red rose), ii. 63.

Chiru. See Tchiru, ii. 157.

Chittagong, ii. 345; leave, ii. 353.

Chokli-bi (Smilacina), ii. 48.

Chola, i. 123; summit of pass, ii. 199; view of from Donkia, ii. 127.

Cholamoo lake, ii. 124, 157, 176.

Chomachoo river, i. 225; ii. 125.

Chomiomo, ii. 80, 94, 165.

Choombi, ii. 110.

Choongtam, ii. 21, 98, 145, 185; insects at, ii. 98; vegetation of, ii. 24.

Choonjerma pass, i. 264.

Chumulari, i. 125, 185; ii. 110; discussion on, ii. 166; view of from Khasia, ii. 300.

Chunar, i. 71.

Chung (Limboos), i. 187.

Churra-poonji, ii. 272; rain-fall at, ii. 282; table-land of, ii. 277; temperature of, ii. 284.

Cicada, i. 107, 127; ii. 305; upper limit of, ii. 96.

Cicer arietinum, i. 80.

Cinnamomum, i. 162.

Cinnamon of Khasia, ii. 309.

Cirrhopetalum (note), ii. 10.

Clay of Sikkim, i. 155; Appendix, 383.

Clematis nutans (note), i. 24.

Clerodendron, i. 387.

Climbers, bleeding of, ii. 350; of Sikkim, i. 163.

Coal, of Burdwan, i. 8; Churra, ii. 278, 285, 303; Terai, i. 403.

Cobra, mountain, ii. 20.

Cochlospermum, i. 53.

Cocks, Sikkim, i. 314.

Coelogyne, i. 110; Wallichii, i. 166; ii. 311.

Coffee, cultivation of, at Chittagong, ii. 347; at Bhaugulpore, i. 93.

Coix, cultivation of, ii. 289.

Coles, i. 55, 91.

Colgong, i. 94.

Colvile, Sir J., i. 5.

Comb of Lepchas, ii. 194; of Mechis, i. 408.

Conch shells, in Boodhist temples, i. 174, 312; cut at Dacca, ii. 254.

Conduits of bamboo, i. 144.

Confervae of hot springs, i. 28; Appendix, 375.

Conglomerate, ii. 19, 165, 176, 177, 402, 403.

Coniferae, Himalayan, i. 256.

Conocarpus latifolius (note), i. 16.

Cooch-Behar, i. 384.

Cooches, i. 384.

Cookies, ii. 330.

Corbett, Dr., i. 82.

Cornelians, i. 33.

Cornwallis, Lord, mausoleum of, i. 78.

Corpses, disposal of in Sikkim and Tibet, i. 287.

Cosi river, i. 96.

Cowage plant, i. 12.

Cows, Sikkim, i. 314; ii. 150.

Crab, fresh-water, ii. 7.

Cranes, i. 392; (note) ii. 161.

Crawfurdia, ii. 145.

Crows, red-legged, ii. 37.

Cruciferae, rarity of in Himalaya, i. 113.

Cryptogramma crispa, i. 262; ii. 68, 72.

Crystals in gneiss, ii. 138.

Cupressus funebris, i. 315, 317, 336.

Cups, Tibetan, i. 132.

Currants, wild, i. 148.

Currents, ascending, i. 374.

Curruckpore hills, i. 87.

Cuttack forests, ii. 340.

Cycas pectinata, i. 151, 382; ii. 30; (note), i. 143; trees in Calcutta Garden, ii. 247.

Cyclops, figure resembling (note), ii. 195.

Cynodon Dactylon, i. 385.

Cypress funereal, i. 315, 317, 336.

Cypripedium, ii. 68, 322.

D

Dacca, ii. 254.

Dacoits, i. 65.

Dalbergia Sissoo, i. 101.

Dallisary river, ii. 256.

Damooda valley, i. 7.

Dandelion, ii. 66.

Daphne, paper from, ii. 162. See Paper.

Date-palm, i. 34, 88; dwarf, ii. 300.

Datura seed, poisoning by, i. 65.

Davis, Mr. C. E., i. 41.

Decaisnea, new edible fruit, ii. 198.

Deer, barking, i. 399.

Delphinium glaciale, i. 269; ii. 95.

Demons, exorcisement of, ii. 114.

Dendrobium densiflorum, ii. 19; Farmeri, etc., ii. 323; nobile, ii. 19; Pierardi, i. 103.

Dentaria (a pot-herb), ii. 47.

Denudation of Himalaya, i. 308; of Khasia, ii. 324.

Deodar (note), i. 256.

Dewan, Sikkim, i. 117; ii. 97; arrival at Tumloong, ii. 217; conferences with, ii. 221, 225; dinner with, ii. 231; disgrace of, ii. 241; hostility to British, i. 117; house of, i. 304.

Dhal, i. 13.

Dhamersala, i. 222.

Dhob grass, i. 385.

Dhurma country, name for Bhotan, (note), i. 366; people (note), i. 136; rajah, i. 136; seal of, i. 372.

Digarchi, ii. 125. See Jigatzi.

Dijong (name of Sikkim), i. 127.

Dilivaria ilicifolia, ii. 347.

Dillenia, i. 393, 395.

Dinapore, i. 82.

Dingcham, ii. 87, 169.

Dingpun, at Chola, ii. 200, 201; Tibetan, ii. 160; Tinli, ii. 204.

Diospyros embryopteris, i. 392; fruit, ii. 64.

Dipterocarpi, ii. 345; D. turbinatus, ii. 348.

Diseases attributed in Tibet to elements, ii. 178.

Djigatzi, ii. 125. See Jigatzi.

Dog, loss of, ii. 100; Tibetan, i. 204; wild, i. 43.

Do-mani stone, i. 294.

Donkia, i. 123; ii. 126; ascent of, ii. 178; forked, ii. 120; pass, ii. 123, 179; temperature of, ii. 129; tops of, ii. 137.

Doobdi temples, i. 336.

Dookpa, Boodhist sect (note), i. 366.

Doomree, i. 25.

Dorje, i. 173.

Dorjiling, i. 113; ceded to British, i. 116; climate, i. 119, 120; elevation of, i. 115; leave, ii. 248; origin of, i. 115; prospects of, ii. 248; threat of sacking, ii. 214; trade at, i. 118.

Duabanga grandiflora, i. 401.

Dunkotah (East Nepal), i. 190.

Dunwah pass, i. 30.

Dust-storm, i. 51, 81.

Dye, yellow, ii. 41.

E

Eagle-wood, ii. 328.

Earthquake, Chittagong, ii. 349; Noacolly, ii. 342; Titalya, i. 376.

Edgeworthia Gardneri, i. 205, 333; ii. 10, 162.

Efflorescence of nitrate of lime, i. 43; of soda, i. 13.

Eggs of water-fowl in Tibet, ii. 161.

Ek-powa Ghat, i. 59.

Elaeagnus, i. 205.

Eleocharis palustris (note), ii. 96.

Elephants, at Teshoo Loombo, ii. 172; bogged, ii. 333; discomforts of riding, i. 400; geologising with, i. 10; path of, i. 108; purchase of, i. 381; wild, ii. 302.

Eleusine coracana, i. 133.

Enkianthus, i. 108.

Ephedra, ii. 84, 155.

Ephemera at 17,000 feet, ii. 141.

Epipactis, ii. 66.

Equinoctial gales, ii. 144.

Equus Hemionus, ii. 172.

Eranoboas (note) i. 36, 90.

Erigeron alpinus (note), ii. 164.

Ervum lens, i. 13.

Erythrina, ii. 18.

Euphorbia ligulata, i. 46; pentagona, i. 82; neriifolia, i. 46, 82; tereticaulis, i. 46.

European plants in Himalaya, ii. 38.

Euryale ferox, ii. 255; seeds of, in peat, ii. 341.

F

Fair, 161; at Titalya, i. 118.

Falconer, Dr., house of, ii. 243.

Falconeria, ii. 353.

Falkland Islands, quartz blocks of, (note), ii. 179.

Fan-Palm, ii. 279.

Fear, distressing symptoms of, ii. 220.

Felle, Mr., i. 55.

Felspar, concretions of, i. 406.

Fenny river, mouth of, ii. 343.

Ferns, eatable, i. 293; European, ii. 68, 72.

Feronia elephantum, i. 25, 50, (note), i. 16.

Festuca ovina, ii. 123, (note) ii. 164.

Fever, recurrence of at elevations, ii. 183.

Ficus elastica, i. 102; infectoria, i. 26.

Figs, i. 157.

Fire, grasses destroyed by, i. 385; in forests, i. 146.

Fire-wood, Sikkim, ii. 151.

Fish, dried, ii. 309; Tibet (note), ii. 183.

Fishing basket of Mechis, i. 404.

Flame, perpetual, ii. 352.

Flood, tradition of, i. 127; ii. 3.

Florican, i. 55, 381.

Forests of Sikkim, i. 165.

Fossil plants of coal, i. 8; of Khasia, ii. 325; of Terai, i. 403.

Frogs, Sikkim, i. 165.

Fruits of Sikkim, i. 159; ii. 182.

Funaria hygrometrica, ii. 19.

Fungi, European, ii. 73.

G

Ganges, fall of, i. 71; scenery of, i. 79.

Gangetic delta, ii. 340; head of, ii. 252.

Gangtok Kajee, ii. 229.

Gardeners, native, i. 93.

Gardens, Bhaugulpore, i. 91; Burdwan, i. 6; Calcutta Botanic, i. 3, ii. 244; Lieutenants Raban and Cave's, ii. 284; Sir Lawrence Peel's, i. 2.

Garnets, amorphous, (note) ii. 123; sand of, i. 80, 371.

Garrows, ii. 272.

Gaultheria, ii. 22, 182.

Gelookpa, Boodhist sect. (note) i. 366.

Geology of Choongtam, ii. 27; Khasia mountains, ii. 323; outer Himalaya, i. 406, Paras-nath, i. 32.

Geranium, ii. 19.

Ghassa mountains, (note) ii. 166.

Ghazeepore, i. 78.

Giantchi, ii. 168, (note) ii. 131.

Glaciers of Chango-khang, ii. 115; Donkia, ii. 136; Himalaya, ii. 57; Kambachen, i. 260; Kinchinjhow, ii. 134, 180; Lachen Valley, ii. 78; Yangma Valley, i. 246.

Glory, ornament resembling, ii. 86; round deities' heads, ii. 195.

Gnaphalium luteo-album, i. 80.

Gnarem Mountain, ii. 18.

Gneiss, characters of, (note) ii. 128; cleavage of, ii. 91; flexures of, i. 406.

Gnow, (wild sheep), ii. 132.

Goa, (antelope), ii. 157.

Goats, poisoned by Rhododendrons, ii. 150; shawl-wool, ii. 88.

Godowns, opium, i. 83.

Goitre, i. 134.

Goliath beetles, ii. 98.

Goomchen, (tail-less rat), ii. 156.

Goong ridge, i. 180.

Gordonia Wallichii, i. 102, 157.

Gorh, ii. 10; Lama of, ii. 11.

Goruck-nath, figure of, ii. 195, (note) i. 323.

Gossamer spiders, i. 81,

Goughia, ii. 33.

Gram, i. 13.

Grand trunk-road, i. 10, 11.

Granite, blocks of, ii. 310; cleavage planes of (note), i. 345; of Kinechinjhow (note), ii. 287, (note), ii. 128; phenomena of, i. 308.

Grant, Dr., i. 90; Mr. J. W., report on Dorjiling, i. 116,

Grapes, cultivation of, i. 92; wild in Sikkim, ii. 187.

Grasses, absence of on outer Himalaya, i. 113; gigantic, i. 385.

Gravel terraces and beds in Terai, i. 378, 380, 382, 401.

Great Rungeet river, cross, i. 287; excursion to, i. 142.

Greenstone of Khasia, ii. 287.

Griffith, Dr., i. 3; (note) ii. 40, 244.

Grislea tomentosa, (note) i. 16.

Grouse, Himalayan, ii. 113.

Grove, sacred in Khasia, ii. 319.

Guatteria longifolia, i. 82.

Gubroo, i. 345.

Guitar, Tibetan, i. 304.

Gum arabic, i. 60; of Cochlospermum, i. 53; of Olibanum, i. 29.

Gunpowder, manufacture of, i. 9.

Guobah of Wallanchoon, i. 217, 230.

Gurjun trees, ii. 345, 348.

Gyrophora, ii. 130.

H

Hailstorm, i. 405.

Halo, i. 69; seen from Donkia, ii. 129.

Hamamelis chinensis, ii. 318.

Hamilton, Mr. C., i. 65.

Hardwickia binata, i. 50, 54.

Hares, Terai, i. 399; Tibetan, ii. 157.

Harrum-mo, (wild tribe), ii. 14.

Hattiah island, removal of land from, ii. 353.

Haze on plains, i. 374, 375.

Hee hill, i. 371.

Helicteres Asoca (note), i. 16.

Helwingia, i. 126.

Herbert, Major, report on Dorjiling, i. 116.

Hierochloe, ii. 115.

Himalaya, distant view of, i. 96; vegetation and scenery of outer, i. 108; view of from Khasia, ii. 287, 289, 297.

Hippophae, ii. 43.

Hodgsonia, i. 395; ii. 7; heteroclita, ii. 350.

Hodgson, Mr., i. 122; join in Terai, i. 376; view from house, i, 123.

Holigarna, varnish from, ii. 330.

Hollyhock, ii. 105.

Honey poisoned by Rhododendron flowers, i. 201; preservation of bodies in, ii. 276; seekers, ii.