782 Extracts from a report of a journey [No. 154. 



I have the pleasure to annex a separate description of the rivers and 

 roads I met with in my tour. 



The Dhunsiri is a fine large river, its general width from Dhemapoor 

 Rivers. to the point where the Dayong river falls into the 



The Dhunsiri. Dhunsiri, is from 200 to 250 feet ; it then consi- 

 derably widens, and from this point to Golaghat and below, the 

 width is from 350 to 500 feet ; its banks are in general low, and during 

 the heavy rains of August, the country for a considerable distance in- 

 land, is inundated. There are on the banks and in their vicinity some 

 very fine timbers, such as Nahor, 1 Holock, 2 Shan, 3 Jamoo, 4 Teta, 6 

 Ajar, 6 Gondhoree, 7 Khodmid, 8 Heelgomaree, 9 Amoree, 10 Soppah, 11 

 Heeleeka, 12 and Ajot. 13 The river the whole way from Dhemapoor 

 to Bor Pathur is fordable during the months of December, January 

 and February ; in many places the water shallows to six inches ; 

 boat are obliged to be drawn over these shallows, some of them run a 

 considerable distance. This dragging of boats is rather fatiguing work, 

 and no boats beyond 8 to 10 maunds burden, can proceed to Dhema- 

 poor from this, during these three months. The Dhunsiri from a 

 little below the Namber Nuddee to the Diboo Panee Mookh, is filled 

 with the wrecks of large and small trees, washed into the river during 

 the rains and falling in from its banks ; the navigation is extremely 

 tedious and fatiguing ; in some places boats are to be dragged across the 

 shallows, in others the passage is stopt up by the fallen trees, which 

 must be removed, and a channel sufficiently large for the boats to pass 

 cleared ; cutting through a large tree, taking four men an hour to cut 

 through it ; in some places boats are dragged over these fallen trees, and 

 in others passing under them ; the current of this river is very sluggish 

 during the months of December, January, February and March. The 

 water is good and clear during these four months, after March, the 

 water becomes thick and muddy. 



The Namber is a small hill stream coming from the Rengmah Naga 



„ , hills, about 60 feet wide, with a fine sandy bed. About a 

 Namber. t ... 



mile from its confluence with the Dhunsiri on its north bank, 



1 Messnaferrea, 2 Diptero Carpus, 3 Artocarpus chaplasha, 4 Eugenia, 5 Mechelia. 



6 Lagerstrcemica Reginae, 7 Laurus Sassafras, 8 1 9 Gmelina 1 i0 1 



" Michelia 1 ,2 Terminalia citrina, 13 ? 



