Bhomsong

Remembering the Dewan's impracticable saddle at Bhomsong, I stipulated for a horse-cloth or pad, upon which I had no sooner jumped than the beast threw back his ears, seated himself on his haunches, and, to my consternation, slid backwards down a turfy slope, pawing the earth with his fore-feet as he went, and leaving me on the ground, amid shrieks of laughter from my Lepchas.

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Dr. Campbell, I was told, had left Dorjiling; and was _en route_ to meet the Rajah at Bhomsong on the Teesta river, where no European had ever yet been; and as the Sikkim authorities had for sixteen years steadily rejected every overture for a friendly interview, and even refused to allow the agent of the

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Campbell, Dr., joins me in Terai, i. 376; meet at Bhomsong, i. 297; at

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Bhomsong in mid-winter of 1848 (see v.i. chapter xiii), the mean temperature of the Teesta was 51 degrees, and of the air 52.3 degrees; at that elevation the river water rarely exceeds 60 degrees at midsummer.

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Bhomsong, Teesta river 1596 Dec. 58.6 52.0 6.6 .399 1

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Teesta river, at Bhomsong, i. 297; exit from mountains, i. 396; in plains, i. 392; junction with Great Rungeet, i. 154; signification of, i.

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Bhomsong, Teesta river 1596 Dec. 71.6 57.0 14.6 .474 1

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Bhomsong, i. 297; ii. 8; temperature of soil at, i.

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Bhomsong was looking more beautiful than ever in its rich summer clothing of tropical foliage.

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During our stay at Bhomsong, the weather was cool, considering the low elevation (1,500 feet), and very steady; the mean temperature was

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