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" was collected in the following provinces :— Plains of Bengal, 
'•Khasia, Chota Xagpoiv, Dalhousie and 
'• Cluiniba, Kashmir to the Karakorum, Nilgheries. It contains a 
" large number of field-notes, the exact locality and elevation of 
" every plant, and some rough botanic analyses." 
On returning to India— he reached Calcutta on 2nd April, 
1883— -Mr. Clarke was appointed Inspector of Schools at the 
Presidency with his headquarters at Calcutta. In the beginning 
oi October he left for Chutia Nagpur where he n 
w.M-ks' march in the course of which he ascended Parasnath, and 
was able to get as far as Sirguja, a native state in som 
< lnuia Nagpur, bordering on the upper Mahanaddi, where the 
plat.-au reaehes an elevation of from 2,000-4,000 feet. Early in 
1884 he paid brief botanical visits to various parts of Central 
Bengal, but his movements were hampered by his having to take 
up thr duties of Professor of Mathematics at the Presidency 
College, Calcutta, owing to the death of the permanent incumbent. 
He was m October able, however, to make a journey < ■ 
' "■■■;V7/ '« Low,r Sikkim and in the Terai and the Duars, but 
hi. College duties disappointed him of an opportunity that had 
" ' -I ot accompanying a political mission which proceeded 
.-■.-' W! ern S.kkim to the Tibet frontier. His , 
as Inspector of Schools his headquarters were 
fee opportunities of adding con- 
i the Khasia and Jaintea Hills. 
■ : ' , ^top a yavisi t toi; ] ,,,, I .Assam,.vaH 1 ing 
E stem r Na4 SSfc^ *?*»* &S far a « N^mchung in the 
Crimfi £ an elevation °f 3,000 feet, by a route 
L In S n amrUp r0Ute - Iu Au ^ he was able to 
iXungklao, 
— i tl tvestigations made 
In September, 1885, he paid a 
the S r;>r^^ acoiin . try - His r ° ute ia > r thron8h 
Lwn 5 I .^ 0hlma - From Kohima he was able 
Bare We P TW ^ heSt ****' '">> ot the 
U : -^"Aj h r Bu WGnt t0 Manipur ' an independent State 
" v m 1886 A?"' ? etnming t0 Shillon 2 ^ wa ? of 
set out on a thrp P ^u ,i most lm mediately after his return he 
Mr. Clark''' w'^^it'^V^ du »"g his service in the East 
vegetation ,,f In h, , ' ^ ' !™>ual knowledge of the 
^Parable in extent with thai acquired by 
by Griffith. cooker and second only to that attained 
pared. Th v P .» ^^W™- ««« fally selected and I-- 
alwaya given on the act inlf,-' ',■'•'"'' i,ml " [ "-" ' i. ■ I ■ r -11.. t. -« 
