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composed of stones. The lowest temperature of the B. pooter was 

 63°. A severe but short rapid occurs at Karam Mookh itself, the 

 fall being very great, but the body of water small. The water of 

 this river is beautifully clear. Its temperature at the Mookh 72°. 

 The jungle extends down to both edges of the water, and the stream 

 is not divided into branches. My guide in the evening disgusted me 

 by asking how many days I intended to stop at the Koond be- 

 fore my return to Suddiya, when I had engaged him expressly to go 

 into the Mishmee hills, and not merely to Brama Koond, as the above 

 question implied. But such is the way in which our best designs 

 depending on native agency are often tampered with. Thermometer 

 at 8 p.m. 64°. Species of Conaria grow abundantly on the banks ! 



Oct. 18th. — We are still in the Karam river. Reached about noon 

 the Kamptee village, Palampan, or rather its Ghat. This Karam river 

 is tortuous, generally shallow, with a more or less stony bed ; it is no- 

 thing more in fact than a succession of rapids, between each, of which 

 the slope is very gentle, so that one makes good progress. Tempera- 

 ture at 6 a.m. 66° in the canoe ; but in the hut in which I slept, it is 

 as low as 60°. The dews are very heavy, and the jungle, as before, 

 comes down to the edges of the water, but scarcely affords any mark- 

 ed feature. Kydia calycina is common, as is likewise a large Mimo- 

 seous tree. There is apparently very little diminution in the volume 

 of water, though several minor streams were passed between this and 

 the Mookh. Liriodendron is becoming more frequent. The views of 

 the mountains are very varied, and that of the Koond defile or Chasm, 

 very beautiful ; water-falls seem to be distinctly visible down one hill 

 or mountain, in particular. The finest view however is on the Lohit, 

 opposite Dyaroo Mookh, at which place the three huge, ever snowy 

 peaks, characteristic of the Mishmee portion of the mountains, are 

 distinctly seen. 



Left the Ghat for the village which is situate on the Dea-soon or 

 Simaree, which flows into the Tenga-panee, and which is said now to 

 carry off so much water from the Karam that this river ceases a short 

 distance above this place to become navigable for boats like mine. The 

 path we pursued ran in a S. E. or S. S. E. direction for about a mile ; 

 it is good, and leads through a thick jungle : the village contains pro- 

 bably fifteen houses. The Gohain, or chief, is a most respectable-look- 

 ing man, and of very fair complexion. His people are for the most 

 part stout. The women also of very fair complexion, with their 

 hair tied in a large knot on the top of the head, in a peculiar way, 



