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No. II.— BOGA DAMRAS ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD OF THE 



DIHONG:— p. 326. 



" In 1657, (A. D. 1735) two rivers flowed into our country. There were formerly 

 two Cachdri villages at the mouth of the Senglai river, near the Dihong Dipang. 

 Belonging to these villages were two bils, (lakes) the names of which were Diha Darua 

 and Dibangiya:: the Senga Senglai flowing from the Duriya Gohain's country into 

 these two bils, takes the name of Dihong Dipang. The Senglai river flowing from the 

 Kulita country joins the Dibong. Boats cannot navigate the Dihong to the mouth of the 

 Senglai on account of the numerous rocks, but by going forty days up the stream of the 

 Dibong it may be reached, and thence to Kulita is twelve days' journey. The Senglai 

 is not navigable. 



From Sadiya to Kulita is a journey of forty-two days and six hours, in the middle 

 of the way the route lies through hills, where the dense jungles make it very difficult to 

 proceed. 



From the Abors, a distance of nine days, are the Bibors; from the Bibors, a distance 



of three days are the Jiobars. From the Jiobars, distant seven days, are the Barkanas, — 

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in the whole, the distance occupies, as above, forty-two and a half days to Kulita, which is 

 three days' journey beyond the Barkanas. There are, on the whole, twenty-four hills and 

 eleven large torrents, besides innumerable small ones ; but the passage by the hills is 

 impracticable on account of the hostile disposition of the Barkanas :* the products of 

 Kulita are elephants' teeth, " burisar," copper vessels, bor bis and sengumuri bis, 

 (two kinds of poison) " Gathiyari ', silk, musk and chowree tails. 



North-westward from Kulita, distant nine days' journey, is the country of the Kibong 

 Gohayn. The Duriya country is distant from Kibong five days' journey. The Dihong 

 Dipang flows from betwixt the countries of Kibong and Duriya." 



* Barkanas, large-eared — the Asamese are as confident of the existence of this tribe as of that of the fabulous 

 Sri Lohit and its three branches, (Brahmaputra, Dihong, and Irawadi.) Those who are not remarkably credu- 

 lous, represent the ear as merely hanging dowu to the waist, while others are positively informed, that at night 

 the left ear serves as an ample bed to sleep on, with sufficient to spare to wrap the body up in. Lieut. W. 



It is curious that this notion should be still in existence, being now as old as the days of Megasthenes: it 

 proves also, that he did not invent the fiction, but honestly repeated what he had heard in India.— H. H. \V. 



