TO THE MISHMEES. 



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white or blue, various kinds of cattle, in which Lama is represented 

 as abounding, and salts. I cannot say whether the Lamas furnish 

 flints with the steel implements for striking light ; the stone generally- 

 used for this purpose by the Mishmees is the nodular production 

 from Thumathaya, — and this, although rather frangible, answers its 

 purpose very well ; with the Singphos they barter elephants' teeth, 

 (these animals being found in the lower ranges,) for slaves, dhaws, 

 and buffaloes. 



" With the Khamtees they appear to have little trade, although 

 there is a route to the proper country of this people along the Ghaloom 

 pdnee, or Ghaloom Thee of Wilcox's chart ; this route is from the 

 great height of the hills to be crossed, only available during the hot 

 months. 



" With the inhabitants of the plains they carry on an annual trade, 

 which is now renewed after an interruption of two years, exchanging 

 cloths, Lama swords, spears, mishmee-teeta, bee, which is in very great 

 request, and gertheana, much esteemed by the natives for its peculiar 

 and rather pleasant smell, for money, (to which they begin to 

 attach great value), cloths, salt and beads : when a sufficient sum of 

 money is procured, they lay it out in buffaloes and the country cattle." 



The following is a list of collections of Plants from the Mishmee 

 Hills to the extreme ^East, Upper Assam. 



Dicotyledones. 





Dicotyledones. 





. fLigulatse, 9 

 Composi- J ~ . 

 r < Cynaraceae, 4 



80 



Ericineae, 

 Verbenaceae, 



7 

 8 



1 Corymbiferae, 7 6 





Boragineae, 

 Labiatae, 



2 

 50 



Valerianeae, 



1 



Gesneriaceae, 



22 



Dipsaceae, 



1 



Acanthaceae, 



38 



Caprifoliaceae, 



6 



Scrophularineae, 



19 



Rubiaceae, 



42 



Solaneae, 



6 



Apocyneae, | 



5 



Convolvulaceae, 



8 



Asclepiadeae, J 





Primulaceae, 



1 



Gentianeae, 



7 



Myrsineae, 



19 



Oleinae, 



2 



Escalloniaceae ? 



3 



Jasmineae, 



6 



Malvaceae, 



6 



Campanulaceae, 



7 



Cruciferae, 



3 



Lobeliaceae, 



7 



Polygaleae, 



1 



Vacciniaceae, 



2 



Violaceae, 



5 



