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any thing of them. I understand that the only chance of communi- 

 cating with them, would be through the Yungya tribe, if we succeed in 

 getting them to come in. 



On the 3rd and 4th we were halted, to get up supplies from the plains. 

 On the the 4th we went out to Santung, a very large and populous 

 village, about two miles from our encampment, in a south-westerly di- 

 rection; both Santung and Larayun are on the ridge which separates 

 the Diko from the Jazee ; and from the former there is a magnificent 

 view of the gorge of the Diko, which here flows down directly from 

 the southward. While at Larayun, I received its Chiefs, and the Chiefs 

 of Santoong and Akocca, who entered into the usual engagements ; there 

 was abundance of water from a rivulet on the Santung road. 



On the 5 th we had a very long and fatiguing march to the Jazee ; 

 for the first one and a half mile, we retraced our steps on the Now- 

 gong road, and then turned westerly, descending rapidly by a narrow, 

 steep, slippery path, which brought us to a rocky nullah, called the 

 Seemuk ; we followed the bed of this, till its junction with the Jazee, 

 where we encamped. This march occupied us nearly nine hours. 



On the 6th we proceeded down the bed of the Jazee for some little 

 distance, crossing and re-crossing it several times. After leaving the 

 river, we ascended by a very narrow path, with high reed jungle on 

 both sides. As we approached Diko Hymoong, the road became wider, 

 and it was very good in the immediate neighbourhood of the village. 

 We had intended to encamp here, but there was a difficulty in finding 

 a sufficiency of water, and we proceeded on towards Boora Hymoong. 

 The road between the two Hymoongs is tolerably level and open. Huts 

 were ready for us under Boora Hymoong, at about half a mile north of 

 the village ; the water we were able to get here, was very scanty, and 

 had to be brought from a considerable distance. 



Both the Hymoongs stand on precipitous hills, and are well stockaded. 

 Boora Hymoong has a feud with the Ooma Nagas, an Abor tribe, with 

 whom I was unable to communicate, or to ascertain accurately in what 

 direction they lie. The cause of the feud, as represented by the Chief 

 of Boora Hymoong, is as follows : the Loongtaee and Campoongya 

 Nagas, were formerly at war ; the Ooma Nagas joined the former tribe, 

 and came to Boora Hymoong to make an attack on Campoongya; 

 they quarrelled in drink ; and numbers were then, and afterwards, cut up 



