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them with provisions on my giving him monees, salt, &c. In return I can- 

 not say how much tea there may be in these hills, but I am of opinion, 

 that it extends over a great part of these low hills, The late Mr. 

 Grange mentions having met with it among the Jappama and Jykanee 

 Nagas. The Mazepamah and Bezepanoah, have it also on t* A eir hills. 

 On my asking him for the fine cloths he had engaged to pay annually 

 to Government, he asked me whether his neighbors and other Nagas 

 had given me in theirs ; I told him that some had, and that I was going 

 round to the others, to collect. He told me that he could not give me 

 his five, until the Konoma and Mozoma (his superiors,) had given in 

 theirs ; to which I replied, I should remain in his village, until he gave 

 me the five cloths he had agreed to pay to Government, and that I 

 could not go away without them. On this, he had a conference with 

 his chiefs, and presently afterwards Jeereebee brought me his five cloths, 

 but with a very bad grace. I gave him and his four Gaon Booras 

 some presents, with which they were highly pleased, and we parted very 

 good friends. Some of the Naga ryots brought me to my encampment 

 some tea seeds, which they bartered for salt and monees. I endeavoured 

 to procure some rice from the Nagas, but they told me, that they had 

 a bad crop that season, and had not a sufficiency for themselves ; hav- 

 ing been obliged to purchase a supply for their present consumption, 

 they could not afford to give me more than one maund ; this of course 

 could not go very far among my people. I had only brought five 

 days' provisions with me from Dhemapoor, half of which was now 

 expended; I therefore determined to return to Dhemapoor, where I 

 expected certain Naga chiefs, whom I had summoned, awaiting my 

 arrival. 



lAth February. — At 8 o'clock a. m. started from Summagoding, and 

 arrived at 4 o'clock p. m„ at our first encampment on the Dibad Panee, 

 this was a long day's march ; the route for six miles ran in the bed of 

 the river, sometimes water up to our waists, and extremely cold, coolies 

 very much distressed, footing very uncertain here. On arriving at the 

 south-eastern base of the Summagoding range, we were unable to pro- 

 ceed further along the bed of the river, owing to the deep pools, walls 

 of rock, and rapids. We here came upon Captain Bigge's road across 

 the hills east of Summagoding. This road or pathway crosses three or 



