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sepoys — Dingpun — Arrival of Sikkim sepoys — Their conduct — Meet Singtam 

 Soubah — Chumanako — We are seized by the Soubah's party — Soubah's con- 

 duct — Dingpun Tinli — Treatment of Dr. Campbell — Bound and guarded — 

 Separated from Campbell — Marched to Tumloong — Motives for such conduct 

 — Arrive at Rungpo — At Phadong — Presents from Rajah — Visits of Lama/ — 

 Of Singtam Soubah — I am cross-questioned by Amlah — Confined with 

 Campbell — Seizure of my Coolies — Threats of attacking Dorjiling . .190 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Dr. Campbell is ordered to appear at Durbar — Lamas called to council — Threats 

 — Scarcity of food — Arrival of Dewan — Our jailer, Thoba-sing — Tempera- 

 ture, &c, at Tumloong — Services of Goompas — Lepcha girl — Jews' -harp — 

 Terror of servants — Ham-sing' s family — Interview with Dewan — Remon- 

 strances — Dewan feigns sickness — Lord Dalhousie's letter to Rajah — Treat- 

 ment of Indo-Chinese — Concourse of Lamas — Visit of Tchebu Lama — Close 

 confinement — Dr. Campbell's illness — Conference with Amlah — Relaxation 

 of confinement — Pemiongchi Lama's intercession — Escape of Nimbo — 

 Presents from Rajah, Ranee, and people — Protestations of friendship — 

 Mr. Lushington sent to Dorjiling — Leave Tumloong — Cordial farewell — 

 Dewan's merchandize — Gangtok Kajee — Dewan's pomp — Governor-General's 

 letter — Dikkeeling — Suspicion of poison — Dinner and pills— Tobacco — 

 Bhotanese colony — Katong-ghat on Teesta — Wild lemons — Sepoys' insolence 

 - — Dewan alarmed — View of Dorjiling — Threats of a rescue — Fears of our 

 escape — Tibet flutes — Negociate our release — Arrival at Dorjiling — Dr. 

 Thomson joins me — Movement of troops at Dorjiling — Seizure of Rajah's 

 Terai property . . . . . . . . . . .215 



CHAPTER XXVIL* 



Leave Dorjiling for Calcutta — Jung Bahadoor — Dr. Falconer — Improvements in 

 Botanic Gardens — Palmetum — Victoria — Amherstia — Orchids spread by 

 seed — Banyan — Cycas — Importation of American plants in ice — Return to 

 Dorjiling — Leave with Dr. Thomson for the Khasia mountains — Maha- 

 nuddy river — Vegetation of banks — Maldah — Alligators — Rampore-Bauleah 

 — Climate of Ganges — Pubna — Jummul river — Altered course of Burram- 

 pooter and Megna — Dacca — Conch shells — Saws — Cotton muslins — Fruit- 

 Vegetation — Elevation — Rose of Bengal — Burrampooter — Delta of Soormah 

 river — Jheels — Soil — Vegetation — Navigation — Mosquitos — Atmospheric 

 pressure — Effects of geological changes — Imbedding of plants — Teelas or 

 islets — Chattuc — Salubrious climate — Rains — Canoes — Pundua — Mr. Harry 

 Inglis — Terrya Ghat — Ascent to Churra — Scenery and vegetation at foot of 

 mountains — Cascades . . . . . . . . . .242 



" In the body of the work, the latter part of this chapter has been accidentally numbered 

 XXVIII., and the three succeeding XXIX., <tc. 



