446 Narrative of an Expedition into QJune, 



January 6th. Having received an injury in my feet from the pre- 

 vious day's march, I took a boat from Somboogong to the next march, 

 Patpoah, a tolerable village belonging to Toolaram Sanaputtee, situ- 

 ated on the east side of the river. Starting at 9 a. m. the Sepoys 

 reached the halting place at about 3 p. m. having been fatigued 

 by passing several tolerable sized hills ; they told me the path was a 

 good one, and they passed a large village of Mikeers called Hempree, 

 the cultivation of which I saw on the river side. This day's journey 

 was through Toolaram Sanaputtee's country. 



The rapids or Silbatahs the natives spoke so much of to deter me 

 from going by water, I found only to be of stones piled up for the 

 purpose of fishing and deepening the water to enable the boats laden 

 with cotton (some of which I saw on their way down) to pass the more 

 easily, in other places there is abundance of water. The banks of 

 the river are high, and at most places formed by low hills and some 

 steep rocks ; the distance by water is about fifteen miles, and by land 

 eight or ten. 



The elephants which had taken the route formerly traversed by 

 Captain Jenkins, which we left two or three miles below Somboo- 

 gong, joined us here. 



January 7th. Starting from Patpoah at 9 a, m., we passed over 

 some cotton grounds, and gradually ascended a range of hills running 

 north and south, and after continuing along the summit of the ridge 

 till 2 p. m., we descended by rather a steep path to the Langti 

 river where, on account of the elephants not having come up, we were 

 obliged to halt for the day; the road throughout was good, through 

 bamboo forest. 



The Langti is a rapid clear stream, of about thirty yards width, 

 knee-deep in the cold weather with a pebbly bottom. 



January 8th. At 7° 45' a. m. left the Langti river, and ascended a 

 rather steep hill, and an hour afterwards left Captain Jenkins' road 

 which we had met at Patpoah, and took a more easterly direction to 

 Aloogong, crossing the Dyung at a Silbatah, or weir, where the water 

 rushed with a good deal of velocity. The distance to-day was only 

 about five miles ; but our next march being a long one, I was unable to 

 go on further without distressing the men, as we should have found it 

 difficult to have reached Chota-Semker in one day from the Langti 

 river, and no other village or watering place was available. Boats come 

 up to Aloogong during the cold season, though they experience much 

 difficulty at the Barrak ford from the rocks in the river, the boats 

 requiring to be unladen and forced up empty. The road continued 

 good to Aloogong through bamboo and tree forests. AloogOTg consists 

 of about twenty or thirty houses of Cacharees. 



