448 Narrative of an Expedition into [\Tune, 



village Mysumpa at 10 a. m., passing through which I reached the 

 original site of the Thannah of Hoflong, close to the above village, 

 which had been a short time before removed to its present location, 

 Goomegogoo, to protect from the Angamees the large Naga village of 

 that name, four persons of which had been killed some time previous 

 by them. Beyond the old site of the Thannah of Hoflong is the hill 

 called by the Cacharees and Nagas Honklong, which by corruption 

 has become Hoflong ; passing over it the road descends to the bed of 

 the Pytinga, a small river here flowing towards the south-west. Down 

 its rocky bed we continued till we reached the Cacharee village of 

 Poorah, on the left bank of the river, consisting of about twenty or 

 twenty-five houses. The first part of the road was good, but became 

 bad on entering the river. 



January 14th. Leaving Poorahgong at 7° 45' a. m. we set out down 

 the bed of the river as on the 13th till 9° 20' a. m., when we reached 

 the Hagoosa-Deesa, a small stream running from its source at the 

 summit of the Bura- Ail range in two branches, one falling north and 

 one south. We quitted the Pytinga, and ascended by a very steep path 

 the Bura-Ail range of hills ; from the summit, which we reached at 10° 

 30' a. m. we descended by an easy path to the south side, and found two 

 streams joining at the base, the Hagoosa-Deesa coming from the west, 

 and the Mati-Deesa from the east. The great range is chiefly cover- 

 ed with large trees and light underwood ; amongst the former I recog- 

 nised the Nageser tree, of tolerable magnitude ; I saw no bamboos on 

 the higher ranges. Proceeding a short distance we encountered the Ma- 

 tura-Deesa, which flows from the eastward. Rising in the great range, 

 the Mati-Deesa empties itself into the Matura here. We continued 

 down the bed of the Matura some short way, and then followed a bad 

 path frequently up by water courses. At 12° 50' p. m. crossed a small 

 mountain torrent called Ballon-Deesa, which runs over a bed of solid 

 rock ; at 3 p. m. reached the Goonmara-Deesa (Deesa signifies a small 

 river in the Cacharee language) which is the only convenient halting 

 place between the foot of the great range and the plains ; we encamped 

 here. 



January 15th. Started at 7° 30' a. m. and about a couple of hours 

 afterwards passed the Cacharee village of Longerong, which remained 

 on our right on a ridge of hills separated from those we were travers- 

 ing by the Dhesema river, which flows into the Matura after receiving 

 the Goonmara river. At 10° 25' ascended to the summit of the last 

 elevated hill of the ridge, from whence a very fine prospect is enjoyed 

 of the extensive level of the entire Cachar plain, with its numerous 

 hamlets and sheets of rice cultivation. The road from hence to the 



