| Number of Obs. | Name of Locality | Elevation Feet |
|
27 38 36 24 12 10 72 8 2 16 3 12 4 17 10 |
Silhet (Mr. Stainforth’s) Soormah river, between Silhet and Megna Silchar Megna river Noacolly (Dr. Baker’s) Noacolly on voyage to Chittagong Chittagong (Mr. Sconce’s) Chittagong flagstaff-hill at south head of harbour Seetakoond hill Seetakoond bungalow Hat-Hazaree Hattiah Sidhee Chittagong to Megua Eastern Sunderbunds |
133 46 116 + ·020* – ·039 0† 191 151 1,136 – ·069* – ·039 – ·049 – ·039 – ·014† + ·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].
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. [a]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. [a]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. [a]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].