-- Threats of attacking Dorjiling.
CHAPTER XXVI.
Dr. Campbell is ordered to appear at Durbar -- Lamas called to council -- Threats -- Scarcity of food -- Arrival of Dewan -- Our jailer, Thoba-sing -- Temperature, etc., at Tumloong -- Services of Goompas -- Lepcha girl -- Jews'-harp -- Terror of servants -- Ilam-sing's family -- Interview with Dewan -- Remonstrances -- Dewan feigns sickness -- Lord Dalhousie's letter to Rajah -- Treatment of Indo-Chinese -- Concourse of Lamas -- Visit of Tchebu Lama -- Close confinement -- Dr. Campbell's illness -- Conference with Amlah -- Relaxation of confinement -- Pemiongchi Lama's intercession -- Escape of Nimbo -- Presents from Rajah, Ranee, and people -- Protestations of friendship -- Mr. Lushington sent to Dorjiling -- Leave Tumloong -- Cordial farewell -- Dewan's merchandize -- Gangtok Kajee -- Dewan's pomp -- Governor-General's letter -- Dikkeeling -- Suspicion of poison -- Dinner and pills -- Tobacco -- Bhotanese colony -- Katong-ghat on Teesta -- Wild lemons -- Sepoys' insolence -- Dewan alarmed -- View of Dorjiling -- Threats of a rescue -- Fears of our escape -- Tibet flutes -- Negotiate our release -- Arrival at Dorjiling -- Dr. Thomson joins me -- Movement of troops at Dorjiling -- Seizure of Rajah's Terai property.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Leave Dorjiling for Calcutta -- Jung Bahadoor -- Dr. Falconer -- Improvements in Botanic Gardens -- Palmetum -- Victoria -- Amherstia -- Orchids spread by seed -- Banyan -- Cycas -- Importation of American plants in ice -- Return to Dorjiling -- Leave with Dr. Thomson for the Khasia mountains -- Mahanuddy river -- Vegetation of banks -- Maldah -- Alligators -- Rampore-Bauleah -- Climate of Ganges -- Pubna -- Jummul river -- Altered course of Burrampooter and Megna -- Dacca -- Conch shells -- Saws -- Cotton muslins -- Fruit -- Vegetation -- Elevation -- Rose of Bengal -- Burrampooter -- Delta of Soormah river -- Jheels -- Soil -- Vegetation -- Navigation -- Mosquitos -- Atmospheric pressure -- Effects of geological changes -- Imbedding of plants -- Teelas or islets -- Chattuc -- Salubrious climate -- Rains -- Canoes -- Pundua -- Mr. Harry Inglis -- Terrya Ghat -- Ascent to Churra -- Scenery and vegetation at foot of mountains -- Cascades.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Churra, English station of -- Khasia people -- Garrow people -- Houses -- Habits -- Dress -- Arms -- Dialects -- Marriages -- Food -- Funerals -- Superstitions -- Flat of Churra -- Scenery -- Lime and coal -- Mamloo -- Cliffs -- Cascades -- Chamaerops palm -- Jasper-rocks -- Flora of Churra -- Orchids -- Rhododendrons -- Pine -- Climate -- Extraordinaiy rain-fall -- Its effects -- Gardens of Lieuts. Raban and Cave -- Leave Churra to cross the mountain range -- Coal, shale, and under-clay -- Kala-panee river -- Lailangkot -- Luculia Pinceana -- Conglomerate -- Surureem wood -- Boga-panee river -- View of Himalaya -- Greenstone -- Age of pine-cones -- Moflong plants -- Coix -- Chillong mountain -- Extensive view -- Road to Syong -- Broad valleys -- Geology -- Plants -- Myrung -- Granite blocks -- Kollong rock -- Pine-woods -- Features of country -- Orchids -- Iron forges.
CHAPTER XXIX.
View of Himalaya from the Khasia -- Great masses of snow -- Chumulari -- Donkia -- Grasses -- Nunklow -- Assam valley and Burrampooter -- Tropical forest -- Bor-panee -- Rhododendrons -- Wild elephants -- Blocks of Syenite -- Return to Churra -- Coal -- August temperature -- Leave for Chela -- Jasper hill -- Birds -- Arundina -- Habits of leaf-insects -- Curious village -- Houses -- Canoes -- Boga-panee river -- Jheels -- Chattuc -- Churra -- Leave for Jyntea hills -- Trading parties -- Dried fish -- Cherries -- Cinnamon -- Fraud -- Pea-violet -- Nonkreem -- Sandstone -- Pines -- Granite boulders -- Iron washing -- Forges -- Tanks -- Siberian Nymphaea -- Barren country -- Pomrang -- Podostemon -- Patchouli plant -- Mooshye -- Enormous stone slabs -- Pitcher-plant -- Joowye -- Cultivation and vegetation -- Hydropeltis -- Sulky hostess -- Nurtiung -- Hamamelis chinensis -- Bor-panee river -- Sacred grove and gigantic stone structures -- Altars -- Pyramids, etc. -- Origin of names -- Yandaca coerulea -- Collections -- November vegetation -- Geology of Khasia -- Sandstone -- Coal -- Lime -- Gneiss -- Greenstone -- Tidal action -- Strike of rocks -- Comparison with Rajmahal hills and the Himalaya.
CHAPTER XXX.
Best voyage to Silhet -- River -- Palms -- Teelas -- Botany -- Fish weirs -- Forests of Cachar -- Sandal-wood, etc. -- Porpoises -- Alligators -- Silchar -- Tigers -- Rice crops -- Cookies -- Munniporees -- Hockey -- Varnish -- Dance -- Nagas -- Excursion to Munnipore frontier -- Elephant bogged -- Bamboos -- Cardiopteris -- Climate, etc., of Cachar -- Mosquitos -- Fall
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