the heat being great during the day. Like the whole
of the Tambur valley below 4000 feet, and especially
on these flats, the climate is very malarious before and
after the rains; and I was repeatedly applied to by
natives suffering under attacks of fever.
As it was doubtful if we should be able to procure
food further on, I laid in a full stock here, and distributed
blankets, &c., sufficient for temporary use for all
the people, dividing them into groups or messes.
TIBETAN CHARM-BOX.
CHAPTER IX.
Leave Mywa—Suspension bridge—Landslips—Vegetation—Bees’ nests—
Glacial phenomena—Tibetans, clothing, ornaments, amulets, salutation,
children, dogs—Last Limboo village, Taptiatok—Beautiful
scenery—Tibet village of Lelyp—Edgeworthia—Crab-apple—Chameleon
and porcupine—Praying machine—Abies Brunoniana—
European plants—Grand scenery—Arrive a t Wallanchoon—Scenery
around—Trees—Tibet houses—Manis and Mendongs—Tibet household—
Food—Tea-soup—Hospitality—Yaks and Zobo, uses and habits
of—Bhoteas—Yak-hair tents—Guobah of Walloong—Jhatamansi—
Obstacles to proceeding—Climate and weather—Proceed—Rhododendrons,
&c.—Lichens—Poa annua and Shepherd’s purse—Tihet camp
—Tuquoroma—Scenery of pass—Glaciers and snow—Summit—Plants,
woolly, &c.
On the 18th November, I left Mywa Guola, and
Continued up the river to the village of Wallanchoon
or Walloong, which was reached in six marches. The
snowy peak qf Junnoo forms a magnificent feature
from this point, seen up the narrow gorge of the river,
bearing N.N.E. about thirty miles. I crossed the
Mewa, an affluent from the north, by another excellent
Suspension bridge. In these bridges, the principal
chains are clamped to rocks on either shore, and the
suspended loops occur at intervals of eight to ten feet;
the single sal-plank laid on these loops swings
terrifically, and the handrails not being four feet high,
the sense of insecurity is very great.