amongst which were many curious and beautiful air-
plants.*
The view from the top is very extensive to the
northward, commanding the Assam valley and the
KQLLONG ROCK.
Himalaya, and the billowy range of undulating grassy
Khasia mountains. Few houses were visible, but the
curling smoke from the valleys betrayed their lurking-
places, whilst the tinkling sound of the hammers from
the distant forges on all sides was singularly musical
* AWct, Ccdogyne, Oymbidium, Dendrobium, and Swnipia, some of them
flowering profusely ; and though freely exposed to the sun and wind, dews
and frosts, rain and droughts, they were all fresh, bright, green and
strong, under very different treatment from that to which they are exposed
in the damp, .unhealthy, steamy orchid-houses of <our English gardens.
and pleasing ; they fell on the ear like “ hells upon the
wind,” each ring being exquisitely melodious, and
chiming harmoniously with the others. The solitude
and beauty of the scenery, and the emotions excited by
the music of chimes, tended to tranquillise our minds,
wearied by the fatigues of travel, and the excitement of
pursuits that required unremitting attention; and we
rested for some time, our imaginations wandering
to far-distant scenes, brought vividly to our minds by
these familiar sounds.
HORNS OF THE SHOW A STAG {CemUS W a llic hU ) , A NATIVE OF CH00U 8I IN TIBET.
Length of antler, 4 feet 6 inches.