BOOTAN, 
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Account of. — Leave Punukka .— Telagong .— Stupendous Moun¬ 
tains. — Hunnoowunt. — Miittura. -—Madejee Sindia.—Jumma .— 
Ultimate Defeat of the Rebels. 
Some hours before the break of day, on Thursday the 3d of July, the 
Raja left his palace to proceed to Wandipore. The following night, 
while sitting at supper, about ten o’clock, we were most pleasingly 
surprized by a messenger from the Daeb, who had arrived in safety at 
Wandipore, and, finding the country sufficiently settled and tranquil, 
had dispatched his herald to invite us to follow him. We consulted 
together on the scheme; and so eagerly curious were we, to visit the 
last station of a rebel, who had raised the people up in arms, from the 
capital of the country to its most remote extremities, that without 
hesitation, and with one assent, we determined to lose no time in em¬ 
bracing the opportunity offered. 
The next morning was fixed on for our departure; so we hastily 
packed up the few things that were necessary, and taking each of us 
a single servant, at sunrise our horses were saddled,, and we mounted 
them to perform the journey; at the same time people attended, by 
the Raja’s order, to transport our baggage. 
The beginning of the day was unpromising and dull. A little below 
the bridge we quitted the road to Bengal, turning to the left; and had 
not passed far beyond Symtoka, when a small misty rain overtook us, 
and unceasingly annoyed us through more than half the day, destroying 
both our pleasure and security, as we ascended by dreary narrow 
paths, winding about mountains covered with a variety of trees. The 
