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again take to their pipes, which are seldom out of their mouths from 

 morning to night. Many of the cooking utensils used by these people 

 are made of stone ; but they also possess some of copper, which are 

 brought over from the Lama country ; in these they boil their water, 

 cook their victuals, and make the liquor of which they consume large 

 quantities ; but as it is drunk in an unfermented state, and therefore is 

 of little strength, a great many quarts are necessary to produce the 

 slightest intoxication. 



As I was informed by this chief that some people of the Lama 

 country were at a village some distance further on, I determined to proceed 

 to the place they were remaining at, and sent forward a messenger to in- 

 form them of my intention. It was therefore the morning of the lith 

 December before I quitted this chief's house, and after proceeding some 

 distance we arrived at the Dillee river, which is a stream of considerable 

 size, having its rise in the snowy range bordering the Lama country, 

 along whose banks a path to that country exists. After crossing this 

 river we proceeded along the verge of the Burhampooter, and by 4 p. m. 

 reached the mouth of the Doo river, which, although a stream of 

 some magnitude, is yet much inferior in size to the Dillee, and rises 

 also in the same range of mountains as that river, a little more to the 

 eastward, and is one of the routes by which the trade with the Lama 

 people is carried on. From this point the Burhampooter has a south- 

 easterly direction, and, winding between the mountains, passes through 

 the snowy range beyond which the valley of Lama is situated. By the 

 route of the Dillee river the road leads out at the village of Glee, and by 

 the Doo at that of Lamai in whose vicinity are also many other villages 

 of the Lama people, all of which are described as situated on the 

 Burhampooter. The village highest up this river is named Lisko, 

 where the Burhampooter is said to be but a mountain rivulet, and on the 

 west side of the same mountain from which this issues likewise pro- 

 ceeds the Dehong river. 



Dec. \2th. — After quitting our halting place we proceeded up the bed 

 of the Doo river, over large boulders of granite and serpentine, and where 

 from the river passing between perpendicular scarps of rock we were unable 

 to continue along the bed ; it was found necessary to ascend the banks 

 of the river, which, as they were very precipitous, was found to be 

 difficult to be accomplished, and in many cases extremely dangerous to 



