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of Gendagram, six coss, lies the village of Zilimjhar, containing about fif- 

 teen or twenty families of the Mech caste. The road is a continued jungle 

 with trees, and without a single habitation or cultivated spot. The Meches 

 cultivate rice and cotton, and ar space of about a mile in diameter is cleared 

 around the village. One coss west of Gendagramw e crossed the Champamati 

 river, about twenty yards broad and exceedingly rapid. It is fordable ex- 

 cept after heavy rain. To the west of Zilimjhar eight coss lies Kachubari 

 containing live or six Bhutea houses called Changs. There are a few houses 

 and rice fields at one place on the road. The country is covered with fo- 

 rests, and the long weeds begin to disappear. As for as Kachubari the 

 ground is level, but somewhat higher than the intermediate space be- 

 tween Zilimjhar and Sidli. West of Zilimjhar we passed the Dalpani, a 

 river of the same description as the Champamati. To the north of 

 Kachubari, six coss, lies Pakkeehagga which is merely a large stone on 

 the side of the river. The road leads through a forest of Sal trees and 

 runs chiefly along the banks of a river : at Pakkeehagga small hills com- 

 mence ; there are no habitations on the road. One coss north-west of 

 Kachubari, we crossed the Sarabhanga river. It is about eighty yards 

 broad and exceedingly rapid but is fordable except after heavy rain. To 

 the north of Pakkeehagga, eight coss, is the hill of Bissu-sinh where the 

 Siiba of Cherang resides during the cold weather. There is no village 

 here nor on the road, which runs over small hills, and through forests of Sal 

 and other trees. We crossed three small streams on this march without 

 bridges. To the north-west of Bissu-sinh, sixteen coss, lies Dubleug, where 

 there is one Bhutea house. There are no villages on the road, but the country 

 to the west of Dubleug is inhabited, and furnished us with porters. The 

 road leads over to the hill of Kamli-sukka, a very lofty mountain, from which 

 the Berhampooter and the Garrow hills are distinctly seen ; the road is about 

 a cubit broad, and passable for loaded horses. There are no bridges on this day's 

 route. We started before sunrise and arrived at Dubleug at ten o'clock at 

 night ; the hills are bare towards the top, but lower down they are covered 

 with trees, and a few fir trees begin to be seen on the north-west declivity 

 of Kamli-sukka. At the bottom of this hill, previously to arriving at 



