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made over to me gratis. Yan Sing returned to-day by land, and 

 reported having met with a good deal of teak on the left bank some 

 distance inland, but that it was small. The boatmen who took him 

 down to Mogoung refused to return, which necessitated his joining 

 me overland. The Governor's reply was civil, but, as I anticipated, 

 not favourable : he said my life was too valuable to warrant his 

 countenancing such a perilous journey. This evening as I was 

 writing, swarms of insects nocked round the light ; they were not 

 white-ants though their wings were similar : immediately on settling, 

 they laid a single egg almost the size of their entire body, and died. 

 What they were, I do not know, but they were in myriads and covered 

 the whole sheet of water from bank to bank, and for a considerable 

 distance down stream. Some flowers of the Michdia were brought 

 me as presents, the tree growing m the village. I shot two pea- 

 cock pheasants, and some painted partridge towards sunset. 



342. Friday, 20th March 1 8 71.— Thermometer, 62° at 6 a.m. 

 Left Kamine to-day, and arranged to stop at Nanhain, having been 

 promised some Ficus dastica seedlings there. When the plants were 

 produced it struck me that the leaves were unsually large, and on 

 pulling one up, I found they were all fresh cuttings. An endeavour 

 was made to wipe out this attempt at deception, by an excuse 

 that my order was misunderstood. This was hardly likely, however, 

 considering that I had refused to purchase cuttings from these very 

 people on my way up. I saw a large herd of wild pigs to-day ; they 

 were just emerging from the forest to drink, but seeing our boats, 

 turned back before I could get a shot. There was a splendid old 

 boar among them. 



343. Saturday, 21st March 1874.— Thermometer, 62° at 6 a.m. 

 Just below old Mogoung, I met a number of boats collecting fire- 

 wood for the rains, when, I was told this article sells at Mogoung 

 for twice the price already quoted. Made fast at a sand-bank, a 

 little above Nanpoung village. We were detained somewhat by 

 my inland excursion. 



344. Sunday, 22nd March 18 71.— Thermometer, 61° at 6 a.m. 

 Heavy fog up to 9 a.m. Reached Mogoimg by noon, and called on 

 the Governor at once. He received me in the most gushing manner, 

 and the leave-taking on his part was pathetic in the extreme. 

 I was far too annoyed, however, to be more than civil. I acknow- 

 ledged his politeness with thanks, but expressed both surprise and 

 regret at the treatment I had received dming my stay, in his district, 

 and gave him to understand, that this should be made the subject 

 of special report on my return to the capital ; upon which, he replied, 

 "I received no instructions from the King to help you, but was merely 

 " told, you were at liberty to engage what elephants or coolies you 



