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Narrative of a tour over that part of the Naga Hills lying between the 

 Diko and Dyang river, in a letter from Capt. Brodie, P. A. Commis- 

 sioner to Major Jenkins, Commissioner of Assam. Communicated 

 from the Foreign Department. 



I left Sibsagur on the 26th of January, accompanied by Mr. J. Bedford, 



Sub-Assistant, and Mr. J. W. Masters, late Superintendent of the 



Assam Company, with an escort of the strength noted in the margin, 



1 Subadar, furnished by the Officer Commanding the Assam 



4 Havildars, Light Infantry Battalion. We encamped at Mit- 



1 Bugler' tenswa, a small village near the foot of the hills the 



60 Sepoys. same evening. 



Leaving Mittenswa about 9 o'clock the next morning, we reached 

 our encampment under the village of Namsang at 3 p.m.; the road is 

 tolerably good, and the ascent easy, till towards the latter end of the 

 march. Two long steep ascents, called by the Nagas Horoo Lejoo and 

 Bar Lejoo, are then met with ; on the top of the latter we encamped, the 

 village of Namsang being about quarter of a mile off, and from 300 to 

 400 feet above us. 



On the 28th, the Seema Rajah came in with about 400 followers ; at 

 the interview I had with him, he requested permission for his depen- 

 dents to come down to the plains to trade. This was arranged, the 

 Jattoong Chiefs consenting to their coming through the Matnug Mar- 

 nug, one of their passes. 



Seema lies between Jaktoong and Mooloong, and has fourteen vil- 

 lages tributary to it. The names given of them as are follows : Lenga, 

 Seeyong, Taya, Juitaks, Burgaon, Chinkam, Singpho Jangha, Singlung, 

 Lungwa, Sunjee, Haching, Kamling, Tingko. The Chief stated that he 

 had no feud at present, and readily entered into engagements to ab- 

 stain from warfare. 



On the departure of the Seema Chiefs, 1 had an interview with those 



of Jaktoonsr. You will recollect that on one of 

 See my letter No. ° 



7, of the 9th April these named Hoaner Gohein, a fine had been im- 



posed in consequence of a murder that had been com- 

 mitted in the plains by one of his sons. The Chief apologized for not 

 having come down the preceding year, which he said was caused by the 

 small pox raging violently in his village ; he alleged his inability to 



