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Till reaching this spur, I had wound upwards along the western slope of the Mahanuddee valley. From Kursiong a very steep zigzag leads up the mountain, through a magnificent forest of cbesnut, walnut, oaks, and laurels.
This species seldom reaches the height of forty feet; the black trunk is but three or four in girth, and the feathery crown is ragged in comparison with the species of many other countries: it is the Alsophila gigantea, and ascends nearly to 7000 feet elevation. Kursiong bungalow, where I stopped for a few hours, is superbly placed, on a narrow mountain ridge.
Betel-pepper, cultivation of Titalya Siligoree View of outer Himalaya Terai Mechis Punkabaree Foot of mountains Ascent to Dorjiling Cicadas Leeches Animals Kursiong, spring vegetation of Pacheem Arrive at Dorjiling Dorjiling, origin and settlement of Grant of land from Rajah Dr.
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