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feet. 



Churra Punjee, 4,349 



Surureem, 5,600 



Moflong, 5,942 



Myrung, 5,940 



Nunklow, - 4,553 



In addition to these places, I must mention Moosmai and 

 Mamloo, near Churra Punjee ; and at about the same eleva- 

 tion, Mumbree between Moflong and Myrung, one of the 

 highest parts on the route ; and the Bogapanee, a mountain 

 stream rushing through a valley perhaps 1,500 feet below 

 Moflong. * The mean annual heat of these Hills, although it 

 probably varies much relatively to the distance from the com- 

 mencement of the descent on either side, may be estimated 

 at65 Q Fahrenheit; calculating the average height to be 5,100 

 feet, and adopting Baron Humbolt's ratio of a decrease of 

 one degree for every 398 feet of vertical ascent. Very little is 

 known about the climate of the central portions ; but towards 

 either descent, it becomes one of excessive dampness through- 

 out the rains. The southern side receives the whole force of 

 the S. W. Monsoon, and the fall of rain at Churra Punjee, 

 the only place where it has been estimated, is, if the accounts 

 be correct, prodigious. Mr. Cracroft states, that the total rain 

 that fell in four months from June to September inclusive, 

 and in two days of October, when 15,790 fell, was inches 

 225,789. But if we consider that this so far exceeds the 

 maximum amount observed in other places, exposed more 

 directly to the influence of the S W. monsoon, we may rea- 

 sonably question the correctness of Mr. Cracroft's obser- 

 vations. 



So little attention has been hitherto paid to Indian Musco- 

 logy, that no parallel can be drawn between the Muscology of 

 the Khasya Hills, and of other mountainous tracts of India. 

 The present collection forms about one-eighth of the whole 

 number, taking Bridel's total amount (yfy species) to be 

 nearly correct. Some idea may be formed of the probable 



