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advance towards the frontier. Lieutenant Jones was placed in charge of 

 the cattle, with directions to march to Borhath, and thence either through 

 the Bengmora district to Sadiya, or along the Bori Diking to Bisa, 

 whichever should be found practicable, and, though harrassed by the 

 nature of his charge, he surveyed the route very successfully. 



I have now come to the close of the proceedings of this season. In 

 the rains, preparation was made for what appeared to be the most feasible 

 proposition for the next, which was to penetrate to the Lama country on 

 the heads of the Brahmaputra, where, from the Lamas, we might at least 

 learn something definite respecting the course of the Sanpo, whether 

 eastward of Lhassa it bends to the south, or whether it continues 

 eastward, and passes round the sources of the Brahmaputra and 

 Iraivadi. 



Maps were prepared from the information received from various 

 sources. One, of the route to the Lama country and to the sources of the 

 Iraivadi; and the other, of the Huhiing valley and route of the Burmans 

 from Mwio-khuwr to Asam ; the former has been found as correct as a 

 document compiled from similar data could be expected ; and since I had 

 greater facilities in preparing the other, in being able to compare the 

 accounts of so many people, I feel confidence in its general accuracy also. 

 I shall now pause awhile before proceeding with an account of my 

 adventures of this season, and endeavour to give such a description of the 

 tract about Sadiya, as will enable those who have not the opportunity of 

 referring to my large Map, to form some idea of the peculiar features of 

 the country and its scenery. 



The termination of the valley of Asam is a spacious level plain, of a 

 quadrangular form, in the midst of which is the town or village of Sadiya, 

 situated on the Kundil nullah, two miles inland from the Brahmaputra, 



