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CHAPTER VII. 

 Report to the Government of India , \2th July> 1837. 



In the following report, I have divided the marches into series, 

 corresponding with the countries through which they were made, 

 reserving a table of the whole for a subsequent part. These series 

 will be as follows — 



1. From Sadiya to Beesa Lacoom. 



2. From Beesa Lacoom to Namtusseek. 



3. From Namtuseek to Wullabhoom. 



4. From Wullabhoom to Mogoung. 



5. From Monoung to Ava. 



I. From Sadiya to Beesa Lacoom. 

 Country traversed belonging to the British Government, 

 and forming part of the south-east extremity of the valley 

 of Assam. 



1. From Sadiya to the Noa Dihing river mouth or Mookh. Direc- 

 tion east. Distance 6 miles performed in boat, the course lying up 

 the Burrumpootur. 



2. From Noa Dihing Mookh to Rangagurrah on the Noa Dihing. 

 Direction SSE. Distance 12 miles, course lying along the dry bed 

 of the Noa Dihing. 



3. From Rangagurrah to Moodoa Mookh, on the same river. Di- 

 rection south-east, the distance being 12 miles.* 



4. From Moodoa Mookh to Kidding. Direction south, the distance 

 9 miles, course south-east, along the bed of the Noa Dihing as far as 

 Wakhet, thence diverging to SSW. through heavy jungle. 



5. From Kidding to Namroop Puthar. Direction, nearly south, the 

 distance being 12 miles, course lying through very heavy jungle, 

 crosses the Karam Panee,f which here is not fordable, and another 

 considerable feeder of the Booree Dihing, and lastly up the Namroop. 



* The usual route is to Kujoo Ghat, about five miles below Moodoa Mookh, 

 thence through Sooroo, Kujoo, etc. to the Booree Dihing. 



f By the Karam and this other branch, on which old Beesa was situated, all the 

 water which formerly supplied the Noa Dihing now passes into the Booree Dihing. 



