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and thirteen miles east from the point of confluence of this stream with 

 the great Dihong. 



The plain is intersected by many rivers, the principal of which are 

 the Brahmaputra, issuing from the pass of the Prabhu Kuthdr, which is 

 about forty-two miles distant in a direction a little north of east : the 

 Noa Diking, which emerges from the hills at Kasan, about forty miles 

 distant in a south-easterly direction, and joins the Brahmaputra about 

 seven miles beyond Sadiya : the Dihong intersecting the higher angle of 

 the quadrangle, which immediately north of Sadiya, reaches the latitude of 

 28° 15', and the Dihong pouring its copious supplies from a conspicuous 

 break in the range which skirts the plain running from the same angle 

 to the south-west. The Kharam and Tenga Pcitri, with numerous other 

 petty rivulets, have their rise in the mountains south of the Prabhu Kuthdr 

 and they run nearly parallel with and near the Brahmaputra, the former 

 falling into the Suhatu, nearly opposite to where the Digaru, from the 

 northern mountains, descends in a torrent to the northern branch, and 

 the latter having its mouth near that of the Noa Diking. South of the 

 plain, the Bori Diking separates it from the Naga hills, running nearly 

 westward. The quantity of cultivation within this space is very small. 

 The villages of Sadiya do not extend more than six miles between the post 

 and the Dikrang river. Beyond Sadiya, on the north side of the river, the 

 tract is an uninterrupted jungle to the foot of the hills, and on its south 

 side the little village of Latao, that on the Suhatu island, of the Tao 

 Goham, and a Khaku village near the Diking, form mere specks in the 

 widely spread wilderness. 



The mountain scenery of Sadiya would form a noble subject for a 

 panorama, though the distance of the hills is rather too great for the 

 larger features required in a detached picture. To the south, the high 

 Naga hills bordering Asam, beyond the Bori Diking, lift their heads 



