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11M February.-— Started this morning at 8 o'clock a. m. for Summa- 

 goding, the heavy rain of last night has made the pathway very wet, 

 and swarming with leeches. Summagoding being too great a distance 

 for my coolies, I determined to encamp on a sand bank in the Diboo 

 Panee river, about three miles from the base of the Summagoding hill ; 

 from this spot I could distinctly see the houses of the Naga village ; 

 here the river is rather broad, huge stones and the wrecks of large and 

 small trees lie in a confused mass. The Diboo Panee is a fine river, much 

 broader and more rapid than the Dhunsiri, its banks are very low, and 

 during the rainy season, the country for several hundred yards inland is 

 inundated. The path from Dhemapoor runs in a S. S. E. direction 

 for about five miles, when meeting the Diboo Panee, it followed its banks 

 to my encampment. 



12th February. — At 8 o'clock a. m. started, and arrived at the foot 

 of the hill in about an hour and a half, the path tolerably good, but 

 blocked up in some places by fallen trees and bet jungle, the latter 

 strewed across the road by wild elephants, &c. On my way up, came 

 upon two or three spots of cultivation, belonging to the Summagoding 

 Nagas ; another hour's march brought me up to the village, which is on 

 the very summit of the hill. About a quarter of a mile from the village, 

 I was met by the two Gaon Booras, who received me most civilly, and 

 welcomed me to their village. I had thought of remaining here this 

 day, but finding that water was very scarce, it being brought up in 

 bamboo chongahs from the Diboo Panee, at the Southern base of this 

 hill, I determined to proceed down to the river and there encamp. 



I remained in the village for a couple of hours, to rest my coolies and 

 people, and to hear any complaints the villagers might have to make 

 against the other tribe of Nagas. The Gaon Booras on this informed 

 me, that about two years ago, some Nagas of the Kohema tribe had 

 seized two men and one woman of their village, who were going to their 

 field for rice ; they had since offered to ransom them, but their offers 

 were so exorbitant, they could not agree with them, Having told 

 them I would investigate their complaints, and having given them some 

 presents, I took my leave ; they appeared much pleased with their 

 presents, and went away in high spirits. Summagoding is a fine high 

 hill, height I suppose 2000 feet. On the very summit of it, is the village 



