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“there is but little jungle in the vicinity of the camping ground, which 
‘has space for a tolerably large body of troops. 
“The distance of this stage is 12 miles. s 
“ The third stage, which extends from the Nunnun to the Kasi Nulla, 
“ flowing at the northern foot of the Patkai hill, is about 7 miles. 
“ After leaving the Nunnun and crossing a low hill, the Namrip is 
“again reached and its bed travelled over for 5 miles. 
“This portion of the route is the worst, as the bed of the nulla is 
“filled with large stones and rocks over which the traveller finds it diffi. 
“cult to make his way, but the Burmese appear to have avoided it 
“by cutting paths through the forest above. 
- “From the Kasi Nulla to the summit of the Patkai central ridge, the 
“ distance is about 4 miles, and the ascent is said to»be very precipitous, 
“but it is quite evident from the description given, and the manner in 
“which the Burmese travelled that there are no serious obstacles which 
“the judicious employment of a few pioneers would not readily overcome. 
“ From the Kasi Nulla at the northern foot of the Patkai hill across to 
“the Loglai the first nulla met with on its southern declivity is one long 
“ march, and there is said to be a very inadequate supply of water between 
“these two streams. 
“From the Loglai to old Bisagaun, the original site of the Singphu 
“tribe, not far from the gorge of the pass on the southern or Burmese 
“side, there are six marches none of which are either very long or diffi- 
healt.” 
In the above quotation from Pemberton it is noteworthy that the 
first two, if not three, marches coincide with the route taken by Mr. 
Jenkins vi@ the Nongyang lake in 1869. 
Both follow the Namrtip for some distance and then leave it where 
the river makes a long detour to the east, and near to the village of 
Namphiuk, and thence crossing some low hills, descend again to the river, 
thus cutting off a large bend. 
After this, even, it is evident that the routes coincide, and where they 
diverged it is not now easy to find. 
It is extremely probable that the old Burmese route that Pemberton 
describes, lay a little to the east, for though Mr. Jenkins states they could 
have crossed the ridge some 500 or 600 feet lower, by keeping more west, 
yet the ranges to the eastwards are generally st¢i/7 lower. 
From the foregoing it is obvious that the old route held longer to the 
basin of the Namrip, and debouched on the Loglai higher up, thus escaping 
Digum Bim ; the two routes, however, are near each other, and fairly direct, 
which Griffiths’ was not, but it is only by a careful study of the locality 
