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Excursion from Dorjiling to Great Rungeet—Zones of vegetation— Tree-ferns—Palms, upper limit of—Leebong, tea plantations— Ging—Boodhist remains—Tropical vegetation—Pines—Lepcha clearances—Forest fires—Boodhist monuments—Fig— Cane-bridge and raft over Rungeet—Sago-palm—India-rubber—Yel Pote—Butterflies and other insects—Snakes—Camp— Temperature and humidity of atmosphere—Junction of Teesta and Rungeet—Return to Dorjiling—Tonglo, excursion to—Bamboo, flowering—Oaks—Gordonia—Maize, hermaphrodite flowered —Figs—Nettles—Peepsa—Simonbong, cultivation at—European fruits at Dorjiling-Plains of India.