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PLANTS AND BIRDS MET WITH. 



Psederia fsetida and the other species, Naravelia, Hiraea, Phrynium 

 dichotomum, Gaertnera, and Carallia lucida. New plants, Ophio- 

 glossum, Carex, Gnetum sp. nov. Choripetalum, and two incerta. 

 Noticed Pladera justicioides during the first part of the march, and 

 the small Squirrel of Kujoodoo. 



Six a.m. Temperature 58^-. Water boiled at 210° Fahr. 8 p.m. 

 Temperature of the air 66. Altitude 1064 feet. 



March 23rd. — Started at 6 a.m. and reached Lamoom about 

 8, where we breakfasted. Reached Tsilone, the Dupha's village, 

 at noon. General direction S. W. Distance about ten miles. 

 Lamoom is a small wwstockaded village on the Moneekha. Tsilone 

 is a moderate sized Singpho village on the right bank of the Nam 

 Tunail. The river is of considerable size, with scarcely any rapids : 

 stream slow. The village is situated on a rather high bank. 



The country continues the same, perhaps a little more open, 

 at least Putars are of frequent occurrence, although they are all 

 narrow. Observed Cryptolepis, Celastrus leguminoideus Cuscuta 

 Uncaria racemis pendulis. Of birds the smaller Maina, common 

 house Sparrow, blue Jay, and the larger grey Tern occur. We 

 halted on a sandbank about one mile and a half higher up to the 

 south of Tsilone. New plants, the Campanula of Chykwar, ditto 

 Lysimachia, Dopatrium, Jasminum, Rhamnea, Pothos, Lasia, Ric- 

 cia, etc. 



March 24 M.— Thermometer 58°. Boiling point 210. Altitude 1064 

 feet. After a long and hot march of seven hours we reached 

 Meinkhoon ; general direction — distance 17 miles. During the 

 first two hours we marched along the bed and banks of the 

 Nam Tenai, subsequently over grassy plains intersected by belts of 

 jungle. Country much more open than that we saw yesterday. To 

 the W. low ranges of hills, about one-third of a mile distant, occurred 

 throughout the day. We passed two or three small nullahs, in one 

 of which I observed lumps of lignite. 



The Nam Tenai continued a large river, extreme breadth varying 

 from 250 to 350 yards. We crossed at once, about half a mile from 

 our encampment, deepest part of the ford four feet; its banks are 

 either thickly wooded or covered with Kagara jungle. The day's 

 march was very uninteresting. I observed a few Mango trees, a 

 Mucuna, Laurineae are common, as well as a Wendlandia in open 

 grassy places. Sagittariae sp. was the only novelty. Noticed the 

 Hoopoe bird, Upapa Capensis. 



