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Extracts from a report of a journey into the Naga Hills in 1844. By 

 Mr. Browne Wood, Sub- Assistant Commissioner, in a letter to Captain 

 A. Sturt, Principal Assistant Commissioner, Nowgong, dated \Mh 

 April, 1844, Golaghat. 



According to the instructions received in your letter No. 108 of the 

 27th of January last, I proceeded on the 4th February on my way to- 

 wards Dhemapoor ; my first day's march being to the Namber nuddee : 

 my second to Bor Pathar ; here is a fine open plain with about 300 

 poorahs of roopeet (not all cultivated,) and a large populous town. 

 The Dhunsiri river flows on its eastern side, the ryots appear to be a 

 thriving people, and during the cold season are generally employed 

 in cutting out boats from the fine timbers to be found in the jungles in 

 the vicinity of Bor Pathar, and Dao Panee river, which boats they dis- 

 pose of to the ryots and traders of Golaghat and Morung, taking in 

 lieu cash enough to pay their rent ; the balance they take in such arti- 

 cles as they require : salt, oil, and cloth. 



The 3d march brought me to the Dao Panee river; a river coming 

 from the Rengmah Naga hills, and flowing into the Dhunsiri a few 

 miles (15) above Bor Puthar ; the next day Hurreiogan nullah, from 

 this to the Dibroo Panee river ; and the following day, the 9th February, 

 I arrived at Dhemapoor. 



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