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is a small salt spring ; the brine is very thin and weak, and to the 

 tongue hardly perceptible : in appearance this spring is like unto num- 

 berless little fountains continually bubbling, a large mass of this water is 

 constantly flowing out. The river, about one and a half mile from this, is 

 another salt spring, but much larger, though the quantity of water is less : 

 the brine is equally weak. The expense of manufacturing salt here, 

 would I am afraid, be very great, and never repay the maker. About a 

 mile from this, in a southerly direction are the Namber falls ; the fall 

 here is about 1 5 feet perpendicular, near to this, in the bed of the river, 

 I found a confused mass, in huge blocks of shells, limestone, &c. The 

 lime is of a superior kind, but difficult to be worked, as the river is too 

 shallow for boats to proceed up so far ; the banks are low, and during 

 the rains, the Namber overflows its banks to a considerable extent. This 

 river falls into the Dhunsiri seventeen miles above Golaghat. 



The Dao Panee river takes it course from the Rengmah Naga hills ; 

 it is very rapid, about 100 feet wide, with a fine sandy 

 bottom ; its banks are covered with small timber, water 

 shallow, during the cold season it falls into the Dhunsiri, forty-five 

 miles above Golaghat, and sixteen miles above Bor Pather. The 

 Rengmah Nagas were formerly settled on its bank, close under the 

 hills, but were driven from thence by the inroads of their enemies, the 

 Lota, Tokophang and Abor Nagas ; from being once a populous and 

 powerful people, they have become weak and scattered. I have intimat- 

 ed to the Rengmah Naga chiefs, that if they will again settle on the Dao 

 Panee, I would allow them a guard to protect them ; the guard will also 

 be convenient in keeping open the communication between Golaghat and 

 Dhemapoor during the rains. Since my return to this station, I called 

 together the chiefs of the Rengmah and Lota tribes, and am happy to 

 say, that I have succeeded in settling their former differences amicably ; 

 they have agreed to trade together at Golaghat, and for the future to be 

 friends, their differences were settled over a grand feast that I gave them ; 

 three villages of the Rengmahs have since this, commenced clearing 

 lands on the Dao Panee for their habitation. This is a good beginning, 

 and I am in hopes the remaining villages will soon follow their example. 

 The Hurreeojan is a small muddy nullah, coming from the Jokophang 

 Hurreeojan River. Naga hills ; the North bank is Tularam Sennaputti's 

 southern boundary ; it falls into the Dhunsiri, 28 miles below Dhemapoor. 



