230 Notes on Jumeera Pat, in Sirgooja. [No. 3. 



the cold and hot weather a very high wind from the N. W. and W. 



The route by which I marched from Chota JNagpore is about 116 

 miles, there is another and more direct road via Lohardugga and 

 Kotam (about 100 miles) ; but there is a very steep ghaut near 

 Kotam, and the road is in many places very hilly, and passes 

 through a good deal of jungle. 



The face of the hill to the south of the bungalows, is covered 

 with bush jungle, there are few trees of any size. The valley at the 

 foot of this hill appears to be quite free from jungle, partially cul- 

 tivated, and containing a few topes of mangoe trees. Having had 

 occasion to go three or four marches into Sirgooja, in a S. W. direc- 

 tion, I observed that we descended two or three ghauts, but made 

 no ascents. The country is very beautiful, from the intermixture of 

 extensive and fertile valleys and well wooded hills. Game of all 

 descriptions, large and small, abounds. 

 Chota Nagpore, 13th Oct. 1856. 



