Then along the wooded banks, Wendlandia, Pomacea?  Mimosa arborea, Camunium, Butea suffruticosa, Pterospermum of Bhamree, Luculia, Ulmus, as before, Pinus longifolia, Rottlera, Melica latifolia, young plants of Q. robur on rocks, along with it Goodyera articulata, Urticoid rhombifolia, carnosa; on rocks up Khoomun, Orthotrichum corcalypta.  At the bridge over this, a Myrtaceous tree and the Simool occur.  The plants occur during the ascent, as in the descent.  Water-wagtails, blackbirds, tomtits, were observed, as also white-pated and white-rumped water-chats.

February 19th.—­Ling-Ling or Lengloon.

February 20th.—­To-day we visited the Soobah, who is a young man, certainly not more than twenty years old, with a good humoured countenance.  The meeting was cordial but unattended with any state, and judging from appearances only, this Soobah is inferior to the others we have seen, and especially to him of Tassgong.  No armed men were present, and the whole bystanders scarcely amounted to 100.  It was agreed that we remain here until the baggage, now in the rear, arrives.  Tonsa is, we hear, only four or five days journey from this.

The meeting took place in an open plot of ground below the Soobah’s house and on the skirts of the village, the ground was matted and a space enclosed with mats:  we sat in the open air; the Soobah under a silken canopy.  Altogether he seemed a person of no pretensions, crowds, speaking comparatively, of priests attended as usual, they were the slickest looking of the whole, and the greatest beggars.  A hideous party of nachnees were in attendance, and ready to perform any more pleasing duties they might be required; they were however so ugly, that not much self-denial was required in declining their offers.  They were dressed in red, with abundance of cumbrous silver ornaments, and dirty leggings; one was additionally ornamented with incipient goitre.

Sugarcane (but stunted), almonds, or peach, oranges, castor-oil, datura, pear, simool, may be found here.  Oranges are poor enough, the pear no better.  Pinus longifolia, Cupressus pendula, are almost the only trees:  the hills being barren, covered with coarse grasses.

February 23rd.—­Marched to Tumashoo:  our march commenced with a steep ascent, but which may be avoided by going through the village, it commenced and continued throughout in the direction of Linge, opposite to which place we found ourselves on our arrival, but on the right bank of the river.  The highest part reached, before we descended to this village, was 6,350 feet, or about the height of Linge.  The march was nearly six miles, it was easy, the road being throughout excellent and apparently more frequented than any we had hitherto seen.  Generally we moved along through open Rhododendron woods, frequently very much stunted, at 6,000 feet.  These were intermixed with Quercus tomentosa.  The only spot well wooded, occurred in the ravines, giving exit to small streams.