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taxed, the kutkees abolished, and that his authority and rank have fallen 

 so low, that scarcely his own tribe acknowledge him. 



I regret that I am not acquainted with the reasons,on which the arrange- 

 ments now in force were adopted, sufficiently, to enable me to enter into 

 a full detail of the case, but you may be able from what 1 have stated, to 

 refer to the documents, I have now with me, and form an opinion, whe- 

 ther on payment of a small tribute in ivory, which they are, I was informed 

 ready, and willing to pay, the remission to the extent required might 

 not safely be effected. 



The Phokun further expressed a desire to be taken under protection 

 from the attacks of the Lotah tribe of Nagas,with whom there has been an 

 enmity existing for a long time, and he asserts, though 1 fear without any 

 direct proof (he promised to produce witnesses before me at this place to 

 depose to the fact), of the village called Beloo, not far from Mohong Dezo- 

 oah, having been attacked by a party of Lotahs from the village of Tagdie, 

 last year, and one man and a child murdered. On this subject I shall 

 again address you when the evidence shall have been adduced, but may 

 observe that the trade of the Lotah Nagas being completely in the power 

 of the Principal Assistant Commissioner of Seebpore, some injunctions 

 might be conveyed to the Naga Hazard of that tribe holding him respon- 

 sible for any repetition of such acts. 



Looking at the map of this country, you may observe that the inclina- 

 tion of the lime formation of the Nambur Nuddie will exactly, or within 

 a trifle, correct the points at which it has also been found at the Falls of 

 the Jumoonah, near Mohong Dezooah at Langolar, spelt ' Lowrung' in 

 Captain Pemberton's Map on the Kopili, and so on towards Sylhet, not 

 improbably forming one long line of similar formation throughout. 



Note on the Brahooees. — By Capt. Hart, Bombay Army, 



These tribes are the descendants of ' Braho,' aBulooche, who emi- 

 grated, about the second century of the Hejira from Aleppo to Mukran : 

 some years after his countrymen had settled tj^ere, he fixed his 

 abode at Koliva, a few days journey to the westward of Kelot which 

 city was then inhabited by the Tajuks, over whom ruled a Hakim from 

 Herat, the seat of sovereignty. These Tajuks were a turbulent and 

 overbearing race, noted for their hatred to the yoke of Herat. Several 

 of their Hakims had been slain in popular commotions, and at length 

 the part was considered of such danger, that a newly appointed governor 



