M

Machoo valley, ii. 109.
Maddaobund, i. 18.
Magnolia, Campbellii, i. 125, 166; excelsa, i. 125; distribution of (note), i. 166.
Magras, aborigines of Sikkim, i. 139.
Mahaldaram, i. 111.
Mahanuddy river, i. 98, 375; ii. 250.
Mahaser, a kind of carp, i. 398.
Mahowa, i. 16, 63.
Maidan (term as applied to Tibet), ii. 170.
Mainom mountain camp on, i. 307; summit of, i. 310.
Maitrya, the coming Boodh, i. 357.
Maize, hermaphrodite, i. 157; roasted, ii. 78.
Malayan plants in Himalaya, ii. 39.
Maldah, ii. 250.
Mamloo, village and waterfalls of, ii. 278.
Mango, blossoming, i. 61.
Mani, or praying-cylinder, i. 135, 172, 211; turned by water, i. 206.
Mantis of Khasia, ii. 305.
Marlea, ii. 33.
Marmot, i. 93; head and feet of, ii. 106.
Martins' nest, spiders in, i. 46.
May-fly at 17,000 feet, ii. 141.
M'Lelland, Dr., i. 3.
Mealum-ma (nettle), ii. 189, 336.
Mechi fisherman, i. 404; river, i. 383; tribe, i.101, 140.
Meconopsis, i. 81; ii. 281; Nepalensis, ii. 53.
Meepo, i. 198; house of, ii. 194; joined by, ii. 11; wife of, ii. 193.
Megna, altered course of, ii. 341; navigation of, ii. 338.
Melastoma, ii. 18.
Mendicant, Tibetan, ii. 189.
Mendong, i. 211, 332; Kaysing (note), i. 286.
Menziesia, ii. 113.
Mesua ferrea, ii. 328.
Midsummer, weather at, ii. 59.
Mirzapore, i. 64.
Moflong, ii. 288.
Momay Samdong, arrival at, ii. 118; climate of, ii. 143; second visit to, ii. 180.
Monastic establishments of Sikkim, i. 367.
Monghyr, i. 87.
Monkeys, i. 278; ii. 37.
Mon Lepcha, i. 342.
Monotropa, ii. 19.
Monuments of Khasia, ii. 319.
Moormis, i. 139.
Mooshye, ii. 314.
Moosmai, ii. 268.
Moraines, ancient, at Lachoong, ii. 104; at Tallum, ii. 67; at Yangma, i. 231, 246; extensive, ii. 118; indicating changes of climate, i. 380.
Morung of Nepal, i. 378, 382.
Mountains, deceptive appearance of, ii. 127.
Moss of puff-ball, ii. 13.
Mudar (Calotropis), i. 86.
Muddunpore, i. 35.
Mugs at Chittagong, ii. 345.
Mulberry, wild, i. 151.
Mules, Tibetan (note), ii. 228.
Mungeesa Peak, i. 55.
Munnipore dance, ii. 331; frontier, ii. 334; (note), ii. 329.
Murraya exotica, i. 44.
Murwa beer, i. 133, 175, 285, 291; grain, i. 133.
Mushroom, eatable, ii. 47.
Musk-deer, i. 209; ii. 37.
Muslin, Dacca, ii. 254.
Mutton, dried saddles of, ii. 183.
Myong valley (East Nepal), i. 181.
Myrung, ii. 292.
Mywa Guola, i. 137; sunk thermometer at, i. 198.

N

Nagas, ii. 332.
Nageesa (Mesua ferrea), ii. 320.
Namten, ii. 223.
Nango mountain i. 236; or Kambachen pass, i. 250.
Nanki mountain, i. 183.
Napleton Major, i. 92.
Nardostachys Jatamansi, i. 217; (note), ii. 164.
Nauclea cordifolia, i. 26; parvifolia, i. 26.
Neongong temple, i. 311.
Nepal, East, journey to, i. 178.
Nepalese Himalaya, i. 125,
Nepenthes, ii. 315.
Nettles, i. 157; gigantic, i. 182; ii. 188.
Nightingales, i. 332.
Nimbus of the ancients (note), ii. 195.
Ningma, Boodhist sect (note), i. 366.
Nipa fruticans, i. 1; ii. 355.
Nishung, or Moormis, i. 139.
Noacolly, ii. 339; extension of land at, ii. 341.
Nonkreem, ii. 310.
Nummulites of Khaaia limestone, ii. 325.
Nunklow, ii. 300.
Nunnery at Tumloong, ii. 191.
Nursing, i. 124, 347.
Nurtiung, ii. 318.
Nut, Himalayan, ii. 114.
Nutmegs, wild, ii. 353.
Nymphaea pygmaea, ii. 312.

0

Oaks, i. 109; distribution of in India (note), ii. 336; Sikkim, i. 157; upper limit of, ii. 114. Observatory at Benares, i. 74. Oil of Bassia butyracea, i. 151; of B. latifolia, i. 16; Kuskus, i. 42; mustard, linseed, and rape, i. 13; uggur, ii. 328; wood, ii. 348. Olax scandens, i. 31. Olibanum, Indian, i. 29. Olivine (note), ii. 123. Omerkuntuk, i. 32. Onglau (mushroom), ii. 47. Opium, East Indian, cultivation and manufacture of, i. 83; quality of, i. 85. Opuntia, i. 205. Orchideae, growth of in Khasia, ii. 321; of Khasia, ii. 281. Orobanche, Himalayan, i. 262; Indica, i. 16. Ortolan, i. 98. Otters, i. 198. Ovis Ammon, i. 244; ii. 132; skulls of, i. 249. Oxalis sensitiva, i. 102. Oxytropis Chiliophylla (note), ii. 164.

P

Pacheem, i. 111; vegetation of, 112. Painom river, ii. 167. Palibothra, i. 90. Palms, distribution of in Sikkim, i. 143; fan, i. 29; of Khasia, ii. 267. Palung plains, ii. 84, 152; view of from Sebolah, ii. 142. Pandanus, i. 300; ii. 9. Papaw, ii. 350. Paper, manufactory at Dunkotah, i. 190; of Astragalus, ii. 162; of Daphne and Edgeworthia, i. 205, 303; ii. 162; of Tibet, ii. 162. Papilio Machaon, ii. 65; (note), ii. 68. Paras-nath, i. 12, 32; geology of, i. 32; summit of, i. 21. Paris, ii. 18. Parochetus communis, ii. 50. Patchouli plant, ii. 314. Patna, i. 82. Pawn, i. 99. Peaches, Sikkim, i. 158; cultivation of, ii. 185. Peacock wild, i. 30. Peat at Calcutta, ii. 341. Pea-violet, ii. 309. Peel, Sir L., garden of, i. 2. Peepsa, i. 157. Pelicans, mode of feeding, i. 80. Pemberton, Capt., treatment of his embassy in Bhotan (note), ii. 202. Pemiongchi temple, i. 327. Pemmi river (East Nepal), i. 192. Pepper, Betel, i. 99. Perry Mr., i. 98. Peuka-thlo, ii. 81. Phadong Goompa, ii. 192; confinement at, ii. 209. Phari, ii. 110. Pheasant (Kalidge), i. 255; horned, ii. 37. Phedangbos (Limboo priests), i. 138. Phenzong Goompa, ii. 192. Phieungoong, i. 332; ii. 198. Phipun, Lachen, ii. 22, 149; of Lachoong, ii. 105. Phoenix acaulis, i. 145; (note), i. 143, 400; dwarf, i. 22, 382; paludosa, i. 1; ii. 355; sylvestris, i. 88. Phosphorescent wood, ii. 151. Photinia, ii. 22. Phud (Tibet mendicant), ii. 186. Phyllanthus emblica, i. 273; (note), i. 16. Picrorhiza, i. 272. Pigeons, ii. 37. Pines, gigantic, ii. 108; Himalayan, i. 256; ii. 44, 198; rarity of in Sikkim, i. 169. Pinguicula, ii. 40. _Panus excelsa, ii. 45, 105; Khasiana, ii. 282, 288, 301; longifolia, i. 145, 182, 278, 280; ii. 3, 45. 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.