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WESTERN HIMALAYA
AND
TIBET.
CHAPTER I.
Appointment to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet—Leave Firozpur
for Simla—Approach to the Mountains—Appearance of Himalaya
from Plains of India—Kalka—Ascent to Kussowlee—Vegetation of
Plainward Face—Origin of Kussowlee Eidge—Climate and Vegetation
of Kussowlee—Aspect of inner ranges—Eoad from Kussowlee to
Simla—Sabathu—Cross Gambar Eiver—Haripur—Tropical Vegetation
of Basin of Gambar—Steep Ascent to Simla—its extent and
situation — its Vegetation—Oak-forest — Pines — Flora of Spring
Months—of Eainy Season—View from Peak of Jako—Structure of
Mountain Eanges.
In the month of May, 1847, while with my Regiment
at Firozpur on the south bank of the Sutlej, I received
intimation that Lord Hardinge, at that time Governor-
General of India, had appointed me a member of a
mission which he had determined to despatch across the
Himalaya Mountains into Tibet; and I was directed to
proceed without delay to Simla, from which place the
mission was to start, as soon as the necessary arrangements
could be completed.
I left Firozpur on the evening of the 20th of May,
and travelling only at night, on account of the extreme
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