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folia), Blumea flara, an OplUmenus with puq)lo stigmas, Croialaria alafa, Triumfelta nngulata 

 and T. annua, Dinieria sp., thein gala {Nnuclca sessili/olia), let-kop (llolarrJicna pubescens), 

 Elfp/ianfopui scabcr (the usual yellowish flaccid form of these hills), Crotalaria c/iinensis, 

 Sli-obilant/us aunculata, a small tiliaoeous looking Coelodiscim, Panicum montnniim, theiu-byau 

 (Dillenia p<'ntafjijna), piu da yo (Gretciu clastica), tau napyo {Mima rubra) in ravines, Slro- 

 bilonthcs Jlava and S. phylloHtadn/a, ban bwe {Careya arboren), sha nee {Stereulla villosa), 

 Kyattoun wa-seedlings (Batnbnsa Brandisiana) in abundance, a short stemmed Blumea, the teak 

 grass (Pollinia tectonum), Sclerin li(/ioiperma, Urena lobata (the hoary variety), tamin sa pyu 

 (Gardenia sessili/lora), mani (Gardenia eri/(hroclada), ohloaho (Ki/dia cali/cina) doaui {Eriolaena 

 CandoUei), thit pagan (Millettia Brandisiana), pilo {Corc/ioriis acutangtdm), ayk moi noe 

 {Embelia robnsla), myouk shaw [Blickwcllia tomcntosa) , boaygyin {Bauhinia Ma/abarica), tseik 

 chi (an arboreous Briedelia), uu e cho (Thunbergia laurifoUa), yin dyke (Dalbergia cultrata), 

 panga {Terminalia tomcntelhi), tha kia ne than {Leea staphylea) ; gyo {Sc/tleic/iera irijiign), 

 oheoen {Semccarpus cunei/oliiis), iadi (Bursera serrata), tasha {Emblica albizzioides), and zi 

 pyu {Emblica oJficinalU), kyet yo {Vitex alata) nu e op (Paederia lanuginosa), n&ga mouk 

 {Leea aequata) and kia bukki {L. macrophylla), didu {Bomhax iusignis), Onychiiim auratum, 

 Adiantum lunulaiutn, tabwot gyi {Miliiisa velutina). 



A section across the Yaitho-choung (this is called the Biling-Kadeug by the Karens 

 here) at the village gives the subjoined result. 



m 



Soft/ scuuiaione' 



Section across the Yaitho v^alley(a,t Yaitho village.) 



IBth January, 1871. The promised elephant with only one Burman attendant and 

 without pads or gear had arrived during the night. My own men, however, managed to 

 make from old gunny bags, etc., the necessary improvised year, and after some trouble I started 

 at 2 p. M, The path over tlie hills was described to me by the Karens as very good and 

 easy to find, and this rendered the employment of a guide unnecessary. I encamped about 

 6 miles up the Yaitho choung in a meagie evergreen forest, in which the ground was over- 

 grown with Strobilanthes ncfesccns. The soft permeable sandstone dips here N. by E. at 

 0. 60". 



29/A January, 1871. One of my Burmans decamped during the night, making at the 

 same time several mistakes in the selection of the meum and tuum. Following the bed 

 of the choung we soon had to encamp at a small pool of brownish water, the last we would 

 find on this side of the range and full of young toads. The choung is bordered by 

 evergreens in sheltered places, while the sunny slopes and ridges bear the usual upper mixed 

 forests with plenty of teak in it. 



30//t January, 1871. With the disappearance of water evergreens also disappeared. 

 "We crossed tolerably level lands along the Ye-gna-ehoung of a very dry nature, and covered 

 with upper mixed forests. The surface-soil seems to be only 2 feet thick, resting on a layer 

 of rolled sandstone-pebbles, possibly the bed of an ancient lake. Arrived at the foot of a 

 short ppur of the main range of the Yomah, we had an exceedingly steep ascent for more 

 than 1000 feet. The trees were of gigantic size and straight growth, although si)eeifically they 

 were for the greatest part the same as those of the lower ranges. Nauclea sesailifolia (theia 

 gala), a stunted tree in the alluvial plains, here reached a height of 70 or 80 feet by 8 to 9 feet 

 in girth. The highest point on this pass is probably 1200 feet and the descent to the Zamayi 

 is gradual along ridges covered by typical upper mixed forests with Kyattoun wa and tin-wa 

 as undergrowt|i. Arrived at the bottom of a valley we fortunately met witli two Burmans 

 connected with the timber trade who shewed us the way which descended along another Ye- 

 gna-choung ; and after ascending a feeder of this we reached the Karen tay Boma leuk, 

 where we encamped. 



31fi< January, 1871. As I did not wish to trust again to Karen tales about easy paths, 

 1 engaged regular guides. Along and over ridges full of knobs, descending to, and ascending 



