Note 8 — Chapter I · JOURNEY FROM DARJILING TO TASHILHUNPO.
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At 4 p.m. we commenced our descent from the top of the ridge, which is marked by a lartsé8—here a bush of dwarf bamboos, with scraps of red cloth tied to it, near which Phurchung uttered his lha sol,9 or invocation to the mountain deities. We halted for the night in a little clearing in the jungle at the foot of a gigantic oak, a few miles above the village of Lingcham. The giant nettle creeper here attains its largest growth, some more than 100 feet long. The tree nettle also abounds in this forest, and our servants found also the common nettle, the tender leaves of which make excellent soup.10