020 Lieut. Kittoe's Journey through the Forests of Orissa. [July. 



patur, Zemindar of the Purgunnah, and his lord the Mohurbhunj Raja ; 

 there are about twenty-eight miles of dawk road down the valley, 

 and four dawk stages, viz. Nowagaon, where I encamped, Arjunbilla, 

 Pooranapani, and Kurrumbilla, this last place is at the eastern extre- 

 mity at the top of the Nittai Maunghur ghat by which you descend to 

 the plains. 



I left Nowagaon before sunset, and pushed on to Pooranapani, 

 where I rested part of the night ; I had much difficulty in procuring 

 even a couple of coolies to replace two who had escaped, in consequence 

 of this I discovered another piece of impudent roguery of one of the 

 Cuttack myrmidons, a servant of mine having peached against him, 

 it was this ; — I had tried all manner of means to prevent him from 

 pilfering as he passed through the villages, he had however managed 

 to collect a heavy cooly load of bows, arrows, banghy sticks, lat- 

 ties (walking clubs) and fowls, added to these a charpoy, this I took 

 away during his absence, and threw it into a thicket, the former articles 

 I hid in the thatches of the huts, took the cooly for myself, and 

 marched on. 



About three a. m. of the 4th June, I continued my journey, reach- 

 ing Bissai, a large village three miles from Pooranapani, at day break ; 

 I here changed coolies, and proceeded on to Nowagaon Oopurbaugh 

 which place I reached at noon, having travelled forty-nine miles, 

 within little more than twenty-four hours; at four p. m. I resumed 

 my march towards Seersa, on the banks of the Subunreeka, which 

 place I reached a little after sunset ; the distance was only five miles, 

 but I was detained for an hour in a large village owing to a severe 

 north-wester ; I found my dawk ready, and bidding farewell to the 

 jungles started for Mednipur, which station I reached the following 

 morning; I rested there during the day, and continued on my dawk 

 trip to Oolooberriah, arriving at ten a. m ; having procured a boat, 

 I left this place by water and reached Calcutta at sunset ; thus ended 

 my labours for the year 1838, having from the 16th December previous 

 up to the 5th of June, travelled upwards of 2100 miles. 



Having passed so rapidly from Gorapursa to Mednipur I could not 

 observe much, I have this year reconnoitred all this tract of country in 

 the course of my survey duties, I shall therefore conclude with a few 

 marks on its features and capabilities. 



( To be continued.) 



