NAGAS 
THE ANGAMI 
BY 
DAVID PRAIN. 
A mountain range occupying the space between 93° and 96° 30' E. Lon. 
and 25“ 13' and 27° 18' N. Lat., runs N. E. and S. W. between the 
Brahmaputra and the Chindwin, and separates Assam from Burma. This, 
east of the 95° meridian forms the Palkoi, west of that line, the Bareil 
mountains. 
The eastern portion probably resembles the western, which consists of 
metamorphic rocks below with tertiary formations above. The older rocks 
are much contorted clay-shales, schists, and gneiss, on which unconform- 
ably reposes a vast thickness of soft sand-stones and tertiary clays. The 
newer formations dip S. E. and with a gradual rise of base from the 93° 
meridian, culminate at 94 ° 8' E. I.on. and 25° 34' N. Lat. in Japvo, 
“ father of waters,” 9890 feet high. The mean elevation around is 8500 
feet ; to the East the average height is under 6000 feet, some peaks reach- 
ing 7500 feet. The clay-shales and schists rise 5000 feet as narrow water- 
worn ridges crested with villages and tilled along their slopes between the 
levels of 3000 and 5000 feet. Above and below this zone the country is 
an unbroken forest. 
The climate is agreeable. The cold weather, Oct.—Feb., at first is 
very pleasant. After November mists rise from the valley of Assam, and 
between 10 and ii a. m., the temperature daily falls about 8° C. in 
consequence. By night the mists dissolve and hoarfrost forms. Rain¬ 
storms occur in January ; the temperature then may be 4° C. or less at 
5000 feet, with sometimes snow at 6000 feet. The hot weather, Mar.— 
June, is not severe. In March and April daily gales blow from the S. W. ; 
these cease at night. The rains begin in June. After the first outburst 
they are moderate, only 74 inches falling annually. The nights are usually 
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