as common, in
these I noticed Cerastium scandens, Elaeagnus, Clematis, Tetrantheroidea
habitu, Sedgewickiae! Orthotrichum pumulum! Phlomoides, and in wet spots
are Epilobium. The descent shewed nothing remarkable: towards the nullah
I noticed Engelhaardtia, tree fern, and Gaultheria deflexa. Obtained a
beautiful woodpecker at 5,000 feet, with the chesnut-pated lesser tomtit,
Yunx, and speckled Brachypodium in woods here; this last has the habit
and manners of the crooked bill of Dgin.

The wood between the two bridges was very pretty and open; the trees
covered with mosses. The ascent shewed nothing remarkable until 2,000
feet had been surmounted, the plants forming the vegetation below this
were Q. robur, Rhododendron minus in abundance, Thibaudia myrtifolia,
Gaultheria arborea, Saurauja hispida uncommon, Viburnum caerulescens,
Conyza nivea, Oxyspora towards the base with paper plant, and Bambusa
microphylla. About 5,000 feet, a Daltonia, D. hypnoides, was found in
abundance both on rocks and trees.

The change takes place about the situation of a spacious open sward; here
the jungle is thick, the trees consisting principally of Q. glauca, which
is a noble tree, with immense lamellated acorns, Pendulous lichens are
here common, Hymenopogon parasiticus, Lomaria of Khegumpa! Berberis
asiatica! Hemiphragma, Gaultheria nummulareoides, Panax Rhododendrifol.

At 7,500 feet, Rhododendron majus appears, the wood preserving the
umbrageous humid aspect, Eurya acuminata, Hydrangea, and about this snow
commenced sparingly, but soon became thick. At 8,000 feet, Rhododendron
undulata, Tetrantheroides baccis nigris. At 9,000 feet, Rhododendron
ferrugineum. The evening now became so misty that it was impossible to
discern any thing; in addition, it was snowing: these circumstances added
to fatigue made me press on for the halting place, before coming to which
I passed through heavy snow.

_Pemee_, where we put up, is a miserable hut, is upwards of 9,000 feet
above the sea, situated on an open sward, now densely covered with snow,
the accommodations being of course very miserable. Icicles of large size
were seen here; and we had nothing but snow for water.

_February 26th_.--Leaving this, we commenced a long and at last very
steep ascent, the snow increasing in thickness as we increased our
elevation, the march commenced with undulations, but soon passed off into
an excessively steep ascent, in some parts indeed precipitous