KHAMTI TO INDIA 



We had thought that henceforward our progress was to be 

 little more than a promenade. But we were undeceived in 

 several particulars. On continuing we had a splendid path 

 until midday through trees, among which we startled many large 

 monkeys and hornbills, and elephant trails were fresh and 

 misleading. But after that the track was lost, and for several 

 miles we had to tear our way through thorny undergrowth and 



Ford on the Nam-Diliin: 



Stony nullahs. When we struck the Nam-Dihing on the left 

 bank, a precipitous bluff stood full in our way, with no passage 

 between its base and the water. It had therefore to be assailed 

 in flank, and proved a hard nut to crack on account of con- 

 stant backsliding and falling stones dislodged by the leading files. 

 It was a curious landmark, obtruding itself lOO feet high from 

 the otherwise level surroundings. Down by the river again we 

 found a reed hut with four Singphos fishing. They sold us 



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