CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIII.-KHAMTI TO INDIA 



FAGR 



Enter the Plain of Khaniti — Blackmailing at Tsaukan — Passage of the Nam-Kiou — Khamti 

 (Padao) — Interviews with the King's Son ; with the King — English Influence — Account of 

 the Khamti Thais — Pagodas — Panlian — Carrier Difficulties — Departure — Again in the 

 Mountains — Vexatious Delays — Desertion of Porters — Critical Position — Fever — Three 

 Columns — Roux falls in Rear — Pass to India — Death of an old Christian — Short Commons 

 — Two more Men left behind — We abandon Tent and Baggage — Hunger — F"irst A'illage — 

 Mishmis — Revictualling the Stragglers — Singphos — The Way Lost — Plain of Assam — Bishi ; 

 Good Treatment — Details concerning Village — Roux Rejoins — Easy Progress — Elephants — 

 Reception by a Singpho Chief — The Brahmaputra — Sadiya — Cordial Welcome from the 

 English Agent — Position at Sadiya ; Native Population — Tea Plantations — Method of 

 Work — En route for Calcutta — Descent of the Brahmaputra — Historical Reflections on 

 India ; Dupleix .......... 307 



APPENDIX A . . . . . . . . . . .361 



APPENDI.\ B . . . . . . . . . . .418 



■GENERAL INDEX .......... 461 



