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>Piptanthus Nepalensis, ii. 5.

Pitcher-plant, ii. 315.

Plantago leaves, used to dress wounds, ii. 75.

Plantain, scarlet-fruited, ii. 309; wild, i. 143.

Plants, English, on Soane river, i. 45; English, on Ganges, i. 80; temperature of, i. 36; of English genera in Terai (note), i. 398.

Plectocomia, i. 143.

Plumbago, i. 407; ii. 46.

Poa annua, i. 118, 221; laxa, ii. 123

Poa (fibre of Boemeria), i. 157.

Podocarpus neriifolia (note), i. 256.

Podostemon (note), ii. 314.

Poisoners, i. 65.

Poisoning of goats by rhododendrons, ii. 150; of Bhoteeas by arum-roots, ii. 75.

Polygonum cymosum, ii. 31.

Polypodium proliferum, i. 50.

Pomrang, ii. 313.

Pony, Tibetan, i. 118; ii. 75; (note), ii. 131.

Poppy, cultivation of, i. 31; ii. 352.

Porcupine, i. 205.

Potamogeton natans, i. 306.

Potatos, culture of in East Nepal, i. 259; Khasia, ii. 277; Sikkim, i. 158.

Pothos, ii. 18.

Praong (bamboo), i. 158, 313.

Primula petiolaris, i. 306; Sikkimensis, ii. 77.

Prinsepia (note), ii. 102, 291.

Procapra picticaudata, ii. 157.

Prunella, ii. 132; vulgaris, ii. 66.

Prunus, used for fodder, i. 359.

Pteris aquilina, ii. 19; (note), ii. 53.

Pullop-bi (Polygonum), ii. 31.

Pulse accelerated at great elevations, ii. 131, 142.

Pundim mountain, i. 345; cliff of, i. 346.

Pundua, ii. 264.

Punkabaree, i. 102, 374, 403.

Purnea, i. 97.

Pyrola, ii. 43.

Q

Quartz-beds folded, i. 406; blocks in Falkland Islands (note), ii. 179.

Quercus semecarpifolia, i. 187.

Quoits, i. 338.

R

Raban, Lieut., ii 333; garden of at Churra, ii. 84.

Radiation, powerful in valleys, i. 209.

Rageu (deer), ii. 98.

Rain-fall at Churra, ii. 282; at Noacolly, ii. 340; diminution of at Rotas, i. 43; in Sikkim (Appendix), 412; Silchar, ii. 334.

Rajah, Sikkim, audience of, i. 302; poverty of, i. 303; (note), ii. 216; presents from, ii. 64; punishment of, ii. 246; residence of, ii. 191, 217.

Raj-ghat i. 44.

Rajmahal hills, i. 95.

Raklang pass, i. 292.

Ramchoo lake (of Turner), ii. 143, 167.

Rampore Bauleah, ii. 251.

Ranee of Sikkim, presents from, ii. 227.

Rangamally, i. 393.

Ranunculus aquatilis, ii. 156; hyperboreus (note), ii. 112; sceleratus, i. 45, 80.

Ratong river, i. 358.

Rat, tail-less, ii. 156.

Red snow, absence of in Himalaya, ii. 117.

Release from confinement, ii. 237.

Reptiles of Khasia, ii. 305; of Sikkim, ii. 25.

Rhododendrons, i. 166, 167; alpine, i. 220; ii. 58; anthopogon, i. 220, 349; arboreum, i. 126, 200, 274, 275, 276; ii. 125; argenteum, i. 116, 358; ii. 6; Aucklandii, ii. 25; barbatum, i. 166, 274; campylocarpum, i. 261; Dalhousiae, i. 126, 162; ii. 25; distribution of at Chola (note), ii. 197; Edgeworthii, ii. 25; Falconeri, i. 272, 274, 307; flowering of at different elevations, ii. 181; formosum, ii. 301; Hodgsoni, i. 250, 274; leaves curled by cold, ii. 199; nivale, ii. 89, 155; of Churra, ii. 282; poisoning of goats by, ii. 150; setosum, i. 220, 349; superb at Choongtam, ii. 186.

Rhubarb, gigantic, ii. 58; used as tobacco, ii. 152.

Rice-paper plant (note), i. 359.

Rice, Sikkim, i. 155; upper limit of cultivation, ii. 105.

Ringpo, ii. 196.

Ripple-mark on sandstone, i. 43, 63.

Rivers, diurnal rise and fall of, ii. 69; of West Bengal, i. 33; temperature of, ii. 60; velocity of, ii. 99.

Rocks, absence of scratched in Sikkim, ii. 120; falling, ii. 57; moutonneed, ii. 136; moved by frosts, etc., ii. 179; retention of heat by, i. 222; strike of in Tibet, ii. 177.

Rong (name of Lepchas), i. 127.

Rosa involucrata, ii. 250; macrophylla, ii. 43; sericea, i. 168.

Rose Gangetic, (Rosa involucrata), ii. 255; gardens, i. 78; large-flowered, ii. 43.

Rotas-ghur, i. 40; palace, i. 42.

Rottlera tinctoria, i. 315.

Rummai, i. 394.

Ryott valley, ii. 190.

S

Saddle, Tibetan, i. 296.

Sakkya, invocation of, i. 229; Sing, i. 321; Thoba, i. 331.

Sakkyazong, i. 186, ii. 66.

Sal, i. 21.

Salix tetrasperma, i. 400; Babylonica, ii. 32.

Salmonidae, distribution of in Asia, (note) ii. 183.

Salt, country in Tibet, ii. 124; monopoly of by Indian Government, ii. 339.

Salvinia, ii. 338.

Sandal-wood, red, ii. 328.

Sandstone of Kala-panee, ii. 286; of Khasia, ii. 267; of Kymore hills, i. 39; of Terai, i. 379, 402; slabs of, 160.

Sara (crane) breeding in Tibet (note), ii. 161.

Sar-natb, i. 77.

Satpura range, i. 32.

Satyrium Nepalense (note), ii. 102.

Saussurea, bladder-headed, ii. 109; gossypina, i. 225.

Saxifraga, arctic, i. 81; ciliaris, ii. 280; (note) ii. 100.

Scirpus triquetra (note), ii. 96.

Scitamineae, ii. 18.

Sconce, Mr., ii. 345.

Scorpions, i. 53.

Scratched rocks, absence of in Sikkim, ii. 120.

Seal of Bhotan Rajah, i. 372.

Seasons of vegetation in Sikkim, ii. 182.

Sebolah pass, ii. 141.

Seetakoond bungalow and hill, ii. 352; hot springs of, i. 88; perpetual flame at, ii. 352.

Sepoys, Lepcha and Tibetan, ii. 235.

Shahgunj, i. 60.

Shales, carbonaceous in Terai, i. 403.

Sheep, breeding of, ii. 150; feeding on rhododendron leaves, i. 261; grazed at 16,000 feet, ii. 89; at 18,000 feet, ii. 170; Tibetan, i. 272; wild, i. 243, ii. 132.

Sheergotty, i. 31.

Shell-lac, i. 9.

Shells, ii. 7; alpine, ii. 156.

Shepherd's purse, i. 221.

Shigatzi (see Jigatzi).

Shooting, prejudice against, ii. 40.

Showa (stag) antlers of, ii. 214.

Shrubs, northern limits of, ii. 118.

Siberian plants in Himalaya, ii, 38, 66, 63, 74.

Sidingbah (note), i. 274, 276.

Sikkim, climate of, i. 160; Rajah, i. 116, 298; vegetation, i. 168; Dewan, i. 298.

Silchar, ii. 328.

Silhet, ii. 326, 335; leave, ii. 337.

Siligoree, i. 375, 399.

Silok-foke, Lama of, ii. 4.

Simonbong temple, i. 172.

Simulium, i. 157.

Sinchul, ascent of, i. 124, 125; plants of, i. 125.

Singdong, ii. 223.

Singtam Soubah, ii. 15; at Chola, ii. 201; dismissal of, ii. 210; illness of, ii. 72; joined by, ii. 64.

Singtam village, ii. 14.

Sissoo, i. 395.

Sitong, ii. 153.

Skimmia, i. 126; laureola, i. 167.

Sleeman, Major, reports on Thuggee, i. 67.

Slopes, inclination of in Sikkim, i. 327.

Smilacina (a pot-herb), ii. 48.

Snake-king, image of, i. 369, (note) i. 328.

Snakes, ii. 25, 305.

Snow, perpetual ii. 116, 128, 169; phenomena of (note), i. 252; shades, i. 357; storms, i. 355.

Snowy Himalaya, views of from Tonglo i. 184; very deceptive appearance of, i. 124.

Soane, i. 35; cross, i. 38, 45, 53; elevation of bed, i. 46; mouth of, i. 82; pebbles, i. 33, 91; plants in bed of, i 45.

Soda, sesqui-carbonate of, i. 13; effloresced, ii. 157.

Soil, temperature of, i. 35, 36, 45, 158, 170, 186, 219, 247; at Bhomsong, i. 305.

Songboom, i. 361.

Soormah river, ii. 261; basin of, ii. 256.

Soorujkoond, hot-springs of, i. 27.

Sound, produced by boulders in rivers, ii. 48; transmission of, i. 253.

Sparganium ramosum (note), ii. 96.

Sphaerostema, ii. 33.

Sphynx atropos, i. 46.

Spiders in martins' nests, i. 46,

Spondias mangifera, i. 82.

Squirrels, i. 46.

Stainforth, Mr., house at Pomrang, ii. 313; at Silhet, ii. 335.

Sterculia foetida, i. 39.

Stick lac, i. 9.

Sticks, warming (note), ii. 154.

Stipa, ii. 132.

Stauntonia, i. 112.

Strawberry of the plains, i. 395; alpine, ii. 108.

Struthiopteris, ii. 68.

Strychnos potatorum, i. 50.

Stylidium, ii. 336.

Styloceras ratna, i. 399.

Sulkun, i. 56.

Sultangunj, rocks of, i. 90.

Sundeep island, deposit of silt on, ii. 342.

Sunderbunds, ii. 354; compared with Jheels, ii. 260; vegetation of, ii. 340.

Sunipia (note), ii. 10.

Sunnook, i. 317.

Sunrise, false, i. 63.

Sunset, false, i. 63; in Tibet, ii. 173.

Suspension bridge, iron, i. 199.

Syenite, blocks of, ii. 302.

Symplocos, dye from, ii. 41.

Syong, ii. 291.

T

Taktoong river, ii. 32.

Talauma Hodgsoni, i. 162.

Taldangah, i. 12.

Tallum Samdong, ii. 67, 96.

Tamarind tree, i. 17.

Tamarisk, i. 392.

Tambur river, i. 194; elevation and slope of bed, i. 200.

Tanks, plants in, i. 62; movements of water in, ii. 342.

Taptiatok (E. Nepal), i. 204.

Tassichooding temples, i. 257.

Tassiding, i. 289, 315; temples, i. 319; foundation, i, 325.

Tchebu Lama, i. 302; ii. 5, 193; house and chapel of, ii. 194.

Tchiru (antelope), ii. 157.

Tchuka (rhubarb), ii. 58.

Tea, buttered, ii. 78; brick, i. 297; made of Photinia, etc., ii. 22; Tibetan, ii. 78.

Teal, English, ii. 158.

Tea-plants, i. 5; cultivation of in Sikkim, i. 144; cut by hail at Dorjiling, i. 408; at Myrung, ii. 92; Chittagong, ii. 347.

Teelas, ii. 262, 327.

Teesta river, at Bhomsong, i. 297; exit from mountains, i. 396; in plains, i. 392; junction with Great Rungeet, i. 154; signification of, i. 398; temperature of, i. 397; ii. 60.

Teeta (febrifuge), i. 272.

Temples of Catsuperri, i. 365; Changachelling, i. 368; Choongtam, ii. 21; Doobdi, i. 366; Neongong, i. 311; Pemiongchi,i. 327; Phadong, ii. 192; Simonbong, i. 172; Tassichooding, i. 257; Tassiding, i. 319; Wallanchoon, i. 228; Yangma, i. 235; various, i. 313; mode of building, i. 311; worship in, i. 812, 365; ii. 178.

Tendong, i. 127; ii. 3.; summit of, ii. 6.

Terai, i. 100, 104; definition of, i. 377; excursion to, i. 373; meteorology of, i. 384; of Khasia, ii. 266; seizure of, ii. 240; vegetation of, i. 101.

Terraces, at Baisarbatti, i. 401; junction of Zemu and Thlonok, ii. 53; Momay, ii. 119; Yalloong, i. 270; Yangma, i. 234, 242.

Terya, ii. 226.

Teshoo Loombo (note), ii. 171.

Tetrao-perdrix nivicola, ii. 113.

Thalictrum, i. 19; alpinum, ii. 115; glyphocarpum (note), i. 24.

Thermometer, black bulb, i. 15; boiling-point, ii. 113, 153, Appendix, 453; lost, ii. 184; minimum left on Donkia pass, ii. 129; sunk, i. 198; Appendix, 441, 451.

Thigh-bone, trumpet of, i. 173, 314.

Thlaspi arvense, ii. 68.

Thlonok river, ii. 47.

Thomson, Dr., joined by, ii. 238.

Thugs, river, i. 67; suppression of, i. 65.

Tibet, animals of, ii. 93, 157, 173; enter, ii. 155; inhospitality of climate, i. 299; snow-line, elevation of in, ii. 128, 175.

Tibetans, i. 262; blackening faces of women, ii. 172; camp of, ii. 85; charm-box, i. 270; child's coral, ii. 87; churns, ii. 77; cups, i. 212; diet, i. 212; Dingpun, ii. 160; dogs, i. 204; drunk, i. 230; guitar, i. 304; headdresses, ii. 86; hospitality, ii. 94; household, i. 212; houses, ii. 67; pipe, i. 212; salute, i. 203; sepoys, ii. 160, 200, 235; tea, i. 212; ii. 78; tents, ii. 77.

Ticks, i. 166, 279; ii. 79.

Tidal-wave, ii. 343.

Tide in Bay of Bengal, ii. 340; in Sunderbunds, ii. 354.

Tiger hunt, i. 56.

Tikbotang, ii. 228.

Tingri, ii. 169.

Titalya, i. 100, 376.

Toad, Javanese, ii. 96.

Tobacco, Chinese, ii. 232; made from rhubarb, ii. 152.

Toddy-palm, i. 34, 39, 88.

Tofe Choney, i. 16.

Tomo-chamo mountain, ii. 122.

Tong (arum-roots prepared for food), ii. 49; collection and preparation of, ii. 65.

Tonglo, i. 158; camp on, i. 183; elevation of, i. 171; excursion to, i. 155; summit of, i. 167; temperature of, i. 170; vegetation of, i. 167.

Took (Hydnocarpus), ii. 7. (See Chaulmoogra).

Toon (Cedrela), i. 193, 312.

Tourmalines, i. 224; ii. 27.

Toys, children's in Sikkim, i. 338.

Travelling equipment, i. 179.

Tree-fern, i. 110; ii. 13; in Silhek, ii. 336.

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