JOURNAL 



OF 



THE ASIATIC SOCIETY 



No. 92— AUGUST, 1839- 



Art. I.— Note on the Mechis, together with a small Vocabulary of 

 the Language. By A. Campbell, Esq. Assistant to the Resident 

 Nipal, in charge of Darjeeling. 



To H. T. PRINSEP, Esq. 



Secretary to Government of India. 

 Fort William. 



Sir, —With reference to my letters of the 13th and 20th ultimo, I 

 have the honor to forward a few Notes on the Mechis, with a small 

 vocabulary of their language, for the information of his Honor in 

 Council. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 

 A. CAMPBELL. 



Darjeeling, September 5th, 1 839. 



The Mech people inhabit the forest portion of the Turai stretching 

 along the base of the mountains from the Burrumpootur to the Konki 

 river, which leaves the Nipal mountains about 20 miles to the west of 

 the Mechi River. In this tract they are respectively the subjects of the 

 Nipalese, Sikim, and Bootan governments, occupying along with the 

 Dimals — an allied tribe — and a few Garrows, a country of about 

 250 miles in length, having an average breadth of from 12 to 15 miles. 

 In the eastern portion of the Nipal Turai they are but recent settlers ; 



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