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above the tree jungle of the opposite bank of the Brahmaputra; to 

 the W. and S. W. the ranges are too distant to be visible ; but in 

 the N.W. they rise to a considerable height where the mountain 

 Reging of the Abors towers above the Past village ; thence there is a 

 sudden fall, and in the opening of the Dihong the hills diminish to a 

 comparatively small size— over which, however, a cluster of remarkable 

 peaks, clothed in heavy snow, are occasionally to be seen in the very clear 

 weather of the winter months, bearing about 310°, or nearly north-west ; 

 they are evidently south of the Dihong, in its course from W. to E., and 

 are very distant. On the opposite side of the bank rises a conical moun- 

 tain (which at the mouth of the Dihong, and in that river, forms a most 

 conspicuous object) : the Abors call it Regain, and declare that it is the 

 residence of a sylvan deity. The range continues round to the north over- 

 topped near Regam by a high-peaked ridge of six or seven thousand feet 

 high, retaining its snowy covering only during the colder months. Nearly 

 north, the tops are sometimes to be distinguished of a range at a consi- 

 derable distance, which, from more favorable points of view, is seen to be 

 a continued line of heavy snow ; the opening of the Dibong is marked by 

 a corresponding fall of the hills immediately to the north. Turning to 

 the N. E., a more interesting group presents itself; the first and highest in 

 the horizon is the turret-form, to which we have given the name of Sadiya 

 Peak; its base extends to the Dibong on the left, and to the right it 

 covers a considerable extent, allowing a more distant class of mountains 

 to peep above its sloping sides. The next is the huge three-peaked 

 mountain called Thigritheya by the Mishmis, a magnificent object from the 

 singular outline ; it is succeeded by a wall always streaked with the pure 

 white of its beautiful mantle, after one or two minor yet interesting peaks. 

 Thathutheya, a high round-backed ridge, rises high above the ranges 

 near the Kund, or Prabhu Kuthar ; there is then a fall, but the gap is 

 filled with mountains low in appearance, because they are distant, and 

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