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[No. 1, 
S. E. Peal — Visit to the Nagd Hills. 
plants and send them back to the Sissa, as we saw that we could not rely on 
Naga estimates of distance or difficulty. 
The Rfijah’s brother and the Hundokai of Longliong now had a long 
and noisy palaver, as to who should, would, or could, furnish the men to 
carry the few things left by the elephants. Their real power over internal 
affairs seems small : the men of Longliong treated the Royal brother as 
little better than their equal, and almost came to a row. Row enough there 
always is when they argue any matter however small ; it seems their custom 
to speak loud and look excited over nothing. The Longliong Hundekai 
at last agreed to get the three or four men required, as his ‘ chang’ was near, 
and we hastened their discussion by saying that if men did not soon come, 
we should follow our elephants. 
The Rajah’s brother now started off for Banpara to report that we 
would not reach it that night, and get some huts built half way between 
Longhong and Banpara where we could sleep. 
This second hill is also of sandstone, running into a finer kind, and then 
into a laminated clay, with a dip to the south of about 70° or 80°, and often 
vertical and several times inverted. At the surface it seemed to form a rich 
loam, and almost the whole hill was under rice, though seemingly a bad crop. 
The road still followed the crest of the ridge, as is usual, and we soon 
came to the region of bamboo, which is found close to the changs ; and where 
it branched off’ leading to Banpara, we found the Longhong KMnsai seated 
in state on some leaves, his spear stuck in the ground beside him. At some 
20 feet on each side were other officials, also in state on loaves and with their 
spears. The Khunsai I knew well, and had a talk with him. I found, he had 
a bad foot, tied up in very dirty linen, and told him to wash both and keep a 
water-poultice on. The only extra-decoration they indulged in was a topi 
with a long feather in the crown. We wore passing on to see Longhong, 
when the old fellow hailed us, and gave us his formal permission to 
proceed. This we had omitted to wait for, but it seems to be considered by 
them necessary. 
A Longhong went with us, while the rest awaited our return to this 
point. We now saw for the first time how they weed the ‘ dlian,’ commencing at 
the bottom of the slopes and working upwards, in parties of ten to twenty. 
The dlian stalks seem far apart, and they use a bamboo loop to scrape up the 
earth, removing the weeds with the left hand and throwing them in little heaps. 
Each house or family seems to have its dlian marked out by sticks, stones, 
or weed heaps, and neighbours combine to work in batches. The rate 
at which they get over the ground was astonishing, the work being well done. 
The dlian was not in ear, and this was their second weeding. I was told, it 
was enough for this year. 
The land had last year, I believe, been redeemed from young forest and 
