IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
| インドとチベット : vol.1 |
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106 SIMLA TO KHAMBA JONG
through the languid forest, and, apart from the thundering
of the voluminous waterfalls, which, fringed with rich
masses of maidenhair and many other delicate and grace-
ful ferns, form yet another striking feature in the land-
scape, one hears also in the forest depths the incessant
chorus of the insects. Bird-life there is scarcely any, and
therefore very little song of the birds ; but there is an
incessant rhythmic rise and fall of insect whirring, broken
at intervals by the deafening, dissonant screechings of
invisible crickets.
All this was very beautiful and very interesting as an
experience, but I felt no temptation to linger in the
stifling valley, and was glad when the road began to rise
to Gantok and the temperature to lower. Then the
more distinctly tropical vegetation began to disappear,
and at between 4,000 and 5,000 feet a kind of birch,
willows, alders, rhododendrons, and walnuts grew side
by side with the plantains, palms, and bamboos. Among
the plants grew balsam, climbing vines, brambles, speed-
wells, forget-me-riots, strawberries, geraniums, orchids,
tree-ferns, and lycopodiums.
Embedded amidst all the luxuriance of forest and
plant life, and facing the snowy range with a view of
Kinchinjunga itself, is the Gantok Residency, a charming
English house, clustered over with roses, and surrounded
by a garden in which rhododendrons, magnolias, canna
of every rich variety, tree-ferns, lilies, and orchids, and
all that could excite the envy of the horticulturist, grow
almost without the trouble of putting them into the
ground.
Here I enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. White, who had
preceded me to make preparations. He and Mrs. White
had lived there for fourteen years. They were devoted to
their garden, in which they found a never-ending interest
with all the English flowers--narcissus, daffodils, pansies,
iris—in the spring, and the beautiful tropical plants in the
summer.
They were also devoted to the people amongst whom
they lived. These Lepchas are, says Mr. White, in his
recent book, Sikkim and Bhutan," quite an exceptional
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