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with stunted shrubs. Berberis asiatica, Viburna, Spiraea bella ? Eurya 

 camellif olia , Betula corylifolia. 



To the north, fine woods are seen, and to the east, fir woods, the 

 nearest being about 4 miles off. The village is small and wretch- 

 edly dirty, the paths being the worst of all I have seen on these hills. 

 The houses and the adjoining fields are surrounded with hedges of 

 Colquhounia, Erythrina, Buddlsea. 



In waste places Colquhounia micrantha, Cysticapnos, Verbesina, 

 Pteris, Davallia, etc. are to be found, as well as Codonopsis viridiflora- 

 The hills are covered with low grass, almost a sward. On this, Poten- 

 tilla, Agrimonia, Geranium as well as in fields, Pisoideum floribus 

 cyaneis, Campanula, Aster disco azureo may be found ; on low spots 

 a very small Parnassia, and a still smaller Ischsemum. 



Ranunculus, one species, but this is uncommon ; Delphinum is 

 common in thickets, etc. 



The only cultivation is potatoes, a few years since introduced, and 

 which answers admirably, some turnips and Glycine tuberosa. Cattle, 

 goats and pigs abundant. 



On the whole this is to be considered as the place where the 

 peculiar vegetation of Churra, arrives at its boundary, for although 

 many of the plants of the plains are to be found, they are all in a 

 dwarf state. 



Noticed a Hoopoo, but birds in general are not frequent. 



CHAPTER X. 

 Continues the Journey towards Assam and Bootan. 



The annexed table of the distributions of plants in relation to alti- 

 tudes of the Khasyah mountains may render the subject of the 

 preceding observations more clear and distinct. The dotted line 

 along the left hand margin represents the elevation of the mountains, 

 the greater height of which is something better than 6,000 feet. 



