ess consists of a loose jacket without sleeves. The
primary article of clothing is indeed so scanty, that the less one says
about it the better. The women are decently clothed, and have generally
enormous calves, certainly bigger than those of the men: their favourite
ornament seems to be a band of silver, broadest across their forehead,
which encircles their head. This village is close to the hills, and
within a day's journey of the Koond, at least for a Mishmee. One
Assamese slave is among the inhabitants, who was sold when a boy. A few
of the men have Singfo dhaos or swords, others miserable knives, and some
the usual spear so general with the tribes on this frontier. But in
general the weapons of these people are most insignificant. The view of
the hills is not fine from this place; it is too close to see any of
great height, and they soon disappear to the westward. In the evening
that of the Koond, which bears E.N.E. by N. is fine, particularly one
mountain, which is known at once by its numerous cascades or appearances
of water-falls, which, although they appear like streaks of white to the
eye, are distinctly visible through a telescope. The bed of the Karam is
almost entirely stony, and the immediate banks are clothed with grass.
The jungle is of the usual thick description. The Gam, whose name is
Jingsha, is a respectable looking man, fair in his dealings, and willing
to oblige. They all have tobacco pipes.

_Oct_. _19th_.--Halted to enable the people to bring up the baggage, and
we shall in all probability have to halt to-morrow. I paid a visit to
the Gam's house, Jingshi; it is to the S.E. of the Ghat, and about a mile
and a half distant from it. The houses are all detached, and almost
buried in jungle. Jingsha's house is a good one, very long, and well
built; he has only about five skulls. {24} _Mont_ was handed round to
the Mishmees in large bamboo cups. From our encampment, abundance of
clearances for cultivation are visible on the hills. Those to N., S.,
S.E. are of some extent, and belong to a Mishmee Gam, Tapa. Some fine
timber trees exist on the road to the village, and a very large Ficus: no
particular plants occur except a Chloranthus, fructibus albis, which is
also common towards Palampan. Thermometer at noon, in imperfect shade,
83 degrees.

_Oct_. _20th_.--The temperature of the air at 5.5 A.M. was 57.5 degrees.
That of water, 60 degrees. I was obliged to halt again to enable t