To the snows of Tibet through China . r. They would make splendidtimber if there was any use for it in the place where itgrows, but there are no roads or means of transportingsuch large trunks. In places the rhododendrons werevery beautiful, and grow larger than at the higherelevations. Oak trees, several species of beech, larch,limes, walnut, stunted bamboo, and many evergreensare also plentiful. The bark of the pines was coveredwith lichen and ferns. I returned to camp in theevening. June 5.—A heavy snow-storm and bitterly cold, allthe bloom being cut ofi the rhododendrons. Eeallyterrible we
To the snows of Tibet through China . r. They would make splendidtimber if there was any use for it in the place where itgrows, but there are no roads or means of transportingsuch large trunks. In places the rhododendrons werevery beautiful, and grow larger than at the higherelevations. Oak trees, several species of beech, larch,limes, walnut, stunted bamboo, and many evergreensare also plentiful. The bark of the pines was coveredwith lichen and ferns. I returned to camp in theevening. June 5.—A heavy snow-storm and bitterly cold, allthe bloom being cut ofi the rhododendrons. Eeallyterrible weather, and like a Canadian winter. In theevenincc there was a foot of snow on the ground. Acoolie came in during the day with the news that theroad to Ta-tsien-lu was blocked with snow, and that thepeople at Mo-si-mien, having heard from the medicinecollectors that there was a foreigner residing in thedistrict, attributed the severe weather to his being much lower down the valley had heavysleet-storms instead of Of THE PU-TZU-FONG 19;^ The coolie also told me tluit^ the horse that had beenkilled near the top of the pass had been almost entirely-devoured by leopards. The snow-storm continued till June 9, on which daythere was a rapid thaw. Before this set in there werethree feet of snow on the ground, and on the 12tli, theweather appearing to be more settled, I made a trip tothe southward, and, again passing through the forest, Icrossed a tributary of the Tung Eiver by a woodenbridge at Ta-chiao 8,000 feet above the sea. Even atthis lower elevation there were not many species oflepidoptera out yet, the recent snow-storm having doubt-less retarded their appearance. I arrived at Pu-tzu-fong in the evening, where there is a hut which givesa bare shelter, but not much more, to the medicinecollectors who frequent the neighbourhood. This appeared to be a very favourable spot for col-lecting later on—probably next month would be a verygood time—and I resolved
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