contains probably fifteen
houses. The Gohain, or _chief_, is a most respectable-looking man, and
of very fair complexion. His people are for the most part stout. The
women also of very fair complexion, with their hair tied in a large knot
on the top of the head, in a peculiar way, putting one in mind of fat
Norman damsels. Temperature in the boat to-day 76 degrees, the sky
beautifully clear. The B. pooter seems still the only river, the
temperature of which is always below that of the air. One interesting
Elaeocarpus occurred--Petal. viridibus apice dentatis; calice griseo
viridi, _vix valvato_. I may remark, that the aestivation of Kydia is
scarcely valvate. I saw a, to me, new kingfisher and wood-pecker. The
black and white kingfisher, _Dalcedo rudus_, is not found on the B.
pooter beyond the termination of the sand banks.

_Oct_. _18th_--Temperature in my hut at 5.5 A.M. is 56 degrees, outside
it is 52.5 degrees, that of the river water 63 degrees. We left about 8,
and proceeded up the Karam, which presented nothing singular. The volume
of water is now less, and rapids are more frequent: heavy snow is visible
from a little above Palampan Ghat, where the river bends to the
northward; and a little further on a fine view of the Koond occurs. The
Chasm is bounded in the rear by the fine rugged peak so distinctly seen
from Suddiya due east. About 11, we reached the Ghat, beyond which
boats, except of the smallest description, cannot pass; and about 1,
started for the Mishmee village Jing-sha, situated on the Karam. Our
course was along the bed of the river, and nearly due east. Formerly
boats were able to reach the Ghat of the village, but the water has
become shallower, owing, they say, to a larger portion being carried off
by the Dea-soon, which runs into the Tenga-panee. We reached the village
Ghat about four in the afternoon, but our people arrived very little
before six o'clock. The march was tedious and difficult, owing to the
numerous stones which are strewed in the way: and the necessity for
crossing the river was so frequent, that all idea of shoes was quite out
of the question. To increase the difficulty, the stones in the bed of
river are very slippery, and as we crossed rapids, it frequently required
some care to prevent our falling.

We were met by the Gam, or chief, before any signs of the village there
were visible. The population is small; the people fair, but begrimed
with dirt; the dr