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veiy dense, and full of fine timber, often mixed with many kinds of 

 bamboos, which are cut, and rafted down the river in large quanti- 

 ties." 



In the extreme South the rainfall is about 32 inches, rising 

 gradually to 50 at Mingyin and to 92 at Homalin, "but Northwards 

 around Sarameti and the Hukawng Valley it is probably as heavy 

 as in Assam." 



The following are descriptions of places at which collections were 

 made : — 



" Zinghalling, Hkamii State. — A Shan State lying to the South 

 of the Hukawng Valley in the extreme North of the Chindwin Dis- 

 trict, extending on both sides of the River. The villages aie 

 nearly all on the banks of the river. The. town of Hkamti 

 is on the East bank near the extreme North of the State, about 140 

 miles above Homalin. The country round the Town is hilly but 

 not mountainous, although the Sarameti group on the South, and 

 the mountains that surround the Hukawng Valley on the North 

 are not many miles distant. The forests are everywhere evergreen 

 and very thick, and, except close to the Town, there is little cul- 

 tivation. From this camp a short expedition was made to a 

 Kachin Village on the West bank of the river about 20 miles 

 North, where the river enters the Hukawng Valley. 



Kauktaung. — A small village in Zingkaling Hkamti State, on the 

 East bank of the river, aboiit 40 miles south of Hkamti Town, 

 evergreen jungle. 



Minsin.— The second village of Hkamti State, on the East bank^ 

 within 20 miles of Sarameti mountain, which is fui-ther West. It 

 is 60 miles South of Hkamti Town, hilly, evergreen jungle. 



Tamanthe. — The most Northerly Military Police Station on the 

 Upper Chindwin, on the West bank, about 60 miles above Homalin. 

 Forest partly evergreen and partly mixed jungle, but more scrubby 

 than further North. On the East bank the country is rather like 

 that at Minsin, but the jungle is not entirely evergreen and not so 

 dense, becoming mixed with bamboo inland. From here a short 

 expedition was made to Hisweht, a small Naga village about five 

 miles up the Tusu River, which flows from the West, into the 

 Chindwin about a mile above Tamanthe. 



Homalin. — On the East bank. The jnngle here changes com- 

 pletely and appears to be a curious kind of rather open, not very 

 high, deciduous jnngle with stretches of ' kaing ' grass. Country 

 fiat and swampy, cultivated areas round township. On the opposite 

 bank the country is hilly and similar to Tamanthe. 



Pyaunghyin. — On the East bank, about 60 miles South of 

 Homalin. Much ' kaing ' grass country. 



Tatkon. — A village on the West bank about five miles above 

 Kindat. To the West the country is hilly— a range of heavily 



