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0131 India and Tibet : vol.1
India and Tibet : vol.1 / Page 131 (Color Image)

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doi: 10.20676/00000295
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rything, for there was at t
ons above, but the pre
d. But I could not is
er much. The road pas
able beauty. Chestn
ons, and magnolias gre
ong them Himalayan
y, apple, and cherry.
ties I could have gathere
ature and the still atmo
erns; while the mosses
g from the trees in gust
estoots of the climbing pl
r some miles along the ri
e Teesta River, and again
s, palms, bamboos, and wi
eral flourishing tea plant
lonely, bungalow, surrou
By the roadway calathus
rightened the prospect. It
osphere grew more opp
reached the Teesta itself w
of only 700 feet above se
recisely that of a hothou
t rise above 95°, but the hu
Perspiration poured from
with every drop, and the lu
s of Tibet became positiv
inning for such an expedit
Indian officer has to be pr
t's notice every degree of
sunshine, of drought or dr
meets cheerily as in the dry
Sikkim proper, the thin su
rom the plains to the wa
separates Nepal from Bhu
variety of vegetation, and t
it must, I should say, be un
ry in the world, for it is
an elevation of only a few