An Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet - Prajna Quest

.B O O T A N3 9 SSeveral springs, and one slightly impregnated with iron.In addition tothe plants of yesterday/ found the coriandruni testiculatum,inula montana, and rhododendron magnum.At Chepta met with a few turnips, one maple tree, wormwood,goose-grass (galium aparinae), and many other European weeds; thefirstwalnut tree we had seen.Chepta lies high, and not above six miles from the mountain ofLomyla, now covered with snow. The wind from that quarter S. E.made it cold and chilly, and sunk the thermometer at mid-day to 57°.Here are some fields of wheat and barley not yet ripe.May 29. Hoad to Pagha^. Soon after leaving Chepta foimd a mineralwell, which, on a chemical examination, gave marks of a strongimpregnation from iron. I traced it to its source, where the thermometer,on being immersed, fell from 68° to 56°.A little before we reached Pagha, met with some limestone,and abed of chalk, which, near the surface, contained a great proportion ofsand, but some feet under, was much purer.The forests of firsof an inferior growth, several ash trees, dogrrose,and brambleMay 30, 51, and June I.The road from hence toTassesudon', presentsus with little that we have not met with ;fewer strawberries, andno raspberries ;some very good orchards of peaches, apricots, apples,and pears. The fruit formed, and will be ripe in August and September.Met with two sorts of cranberry, one very good. Saw the fragariasterilis and a few poppies.At Wanakha'' found a few turnips, shallots,* Pauga. 'Tassisudon. '' Wangoka. -