jungle,
perhaps for nearly a mile; this was a drier and higher soil than the rice
ground. On the northern flank of this, and close to the edge of the
jungle we came to the tea, situated on a low strip of ground.

This plant here occupies an extremely limited space, and its greatest,
and indeed almost only extent, is from south to north. It is in one spot
excessively thick, and many of the plants had attained a considerable
size, but the largest had been cut down, when it was visited by people
from Suddiya in search of tea some short time ago. It had just passed
flowering; all the plants looked well, better I think than those of
Kujoo. The soil was very much like that of the Kujoo and Negrigam
jungles, and was remarkable for its great dryness and looseness, in spite
of the long continued and heavy rains. That near the surface was dark
brown, below yellow brown, and the deeper it was examined the more yellow
it seemed to become. We satisfied ourselves that its depth extended
lower than two feet from the surface. The space the plant occupies in
any numbers certainly does not exceed forty yards in length, by twenty-
five in breadth. About fifty yards to the north several plants occurred,
but the soil here was of a much darker tint, although it appeared to be
nearly as dry as the other. The accompanying diagram may give some idea
of its situation.

_February 17th_.--We arrived at Rangagurrah, the capital of the Muttack
country, and the residence of the Burra-seena Puttee, or Bengmara. Our
route thither occupied us, inclusive of the day spent in examining the
tea at Noadwar, five days. During the three first, we passed through a
low country admirably, and almost exclusively, adapted for rice
cultivation, and consequently abounding in wild wading birds and water-
fowl.

As we approached Rangagurrah the ground became higher, in addition to
which it is better drained. We crossed about two miles from Rangagurrah
a small rivulet, a tributary of the Deboro; no plants but one of much
interest was detected _en route_. That one was a fine forest tree
affecting damp low places, apparently very limited in extent. It is a
new genus, belonging to Hamemelideae, and we have called it _Sedgwickia_
_cerasifolia_. On our arrival at Rangagurrah we were met by the Burra-
seena Puttee, 'Big warrior,' who escorted us to the houses he had caused
to be erected for us, and which were at a little distance from the
village itself. Du