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.
Ægle 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.
Arisœma, 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, 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.
Cœsalpinia paniculata, i. 25.
Cajana, i. 13.
Calami, 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. 268; 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.
Chamærops 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.
Cœlogyne, 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.
Confervæ of hot springs, i. 28; Appendix, 375.
Conglomerate, ii. 19, 165, 176, 177, 402, 403.
Coniferæ, 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.
Cruciferæ, 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.
Elæagnus, 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, i. 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.