34 S. E. Ve?i\— Notes of a trip up tlie ID thing. [No. 1, 



varnished. As far as I could see, none of those in the bed were in situ, 

 even though often of large size. I had great difficulty in getting up on 

 one monster of gneiss, which measured about 40 feet X 20' x perhaps 15 

 or 16 and was one solid irregularly rounded mass, partly in the river, and 

 some way from the cliflP, and though it projected some ten feet above the 

 water on the up-stream side, there was a deep blue basin of rushing water 

 in front of it. Blocks of the size of a hogshead were common, everywhere 

 in the bed, and on the bare shingle flats the size was less. Evidently the 

 river has a rapid fall, and in the rains the floods must be heavy and violent, 

 extending all across the valley except perhaps here and there on the flat 

 ledges. Only a small proportion of the boulders were sandstone, most were 

 of gneiss, and granitic, though none of pure granite ; apparently serpen- 

 tine and trap constituted a large percentage, also chlorite, and metamorphio 

 conglomerate. The evening gradually clouded over, and in the night a 

 little rain fell. Next morning was foggy until about 10 A. M., when I 

 started to ascend the hill south of the valley mouth, to get a good view 

 over the Mbong yang. We had to wade the river, and found the face of 

 the hill near the bank, so precipitous that it was some time ere we got a 

 place to climb up ; I selected where there had been a landslip, as it had 

 cleared the face of the hill of the forest and vegetation that otherwise 

 would be in the way. We found it no easy job to get up and not very 

 safe, as now and then, a stone slipped and bounded past, rather too close to 

 be pleasant. At about 200 feet up, I halted, as it seemed both difficult 

 and dangerous. An accident to any one would have been highly inconve- 

 nient, and after a good survey of the valley and making a few sketches 

 we came down and re-crossed to camp, where I found some eight Miju 

 Mishmis, the most striking feature as we approached, being their large 

 crossbows. 



I now heard from " Kreng sha," the one we had met before, that a 

 colony of them had come over this year from the " Kamlang" and also I 

 believe the Teng kha, north-west, and intended to settle permanently near 

 the Dapha Pani, and up the Inke which falls into the Dapha Pani from 

 the north-west having their jums on the spurs at the western head of the 

 valley. This I was glad to hear, and told them so, as it would tend to 

 render travelling much easier if supplies could be got from villages all 

 along. They asked many questions, on various topics, such as the price 

 of rubber, and if I thought they were being badly cheated by the dealers, 

 &c. In return I also made numerous enquiries, as to routes, animals, the 

 forests, &c. 



None of them any more than Singphus seemed to recognize the name 

 of Dapha Bum which is seen on our new maps as " Mai thai Dong," all 

 shook their heads and had never heard such a name, their's being for central 



