although he will spare me a few men to carry me on to Mogam. For the
last three days I have been indisposed. Altitude 2138 by the Therm.
Temp. 208 degrees, at which water boils.
_March 13th_.--Left and proceeded down the Kamyoom, or properly Kam-mai-
roan, according to Bayfield, in an E.S.E. direction for about seven
miles, when we reached the previous halting place of Dr. Bayfield. We
passed before arriving at this a small Putar on which were some remains
of old habitations; on it limes abound, and these are a sure test of
inhabitation at some previous period.
The vegetation continues precisely the same as that of the Namtucheek,
even to Podostemon Griffithianum, which I to-day observed for the first
time.
_March 14th_.--Proceeded on, still keeping for the chief part of our
march along the Kammiroan. We left this very soon, and crossed some low
hills on which the jungles presented the same features. We left the
village Kammiroan to our right. We did not see it, but I believe it
consists of only two houses. Passed through one khet, the first
cultivated ground we saw after leaving that on the Kamchick; then we came
on to a few more Putars, in which limes continue abundant. On these I
find no less than three species of Rubus; in those parts on which rice
has been cultivated a pretty fringed Hypericum likewise occurs, and these
are the most interesting plants that have presented themselves. Our
course improved much yesterday; it extended E. by S., and was rather less
than seven miles. Halted at Kha-thung-kyoun, where the Meewoon had
halted, and where the Dupha Gam had remained some time previous. The
same vegetation occurs, Engelhardtia, Gleichenia _major_ longe scandens,
Equisetum both species, Euphorbiacea nereifolia, Dicksonia rare, Scleria
vaginis alatis, Plantago media, Zizania ciliaris, Melastoma malabathrica,
Lycium arenarum, Duchesnia indica, Mazus rugosus, the Suddiya Viburnum,
Millingtonia pinnata, Pentaptera, Erythrina; an arboreous Eugenia fol.
magnis, abovatis, is however new, and Polypodium Wallichianum which
occurred to-day growing on clay-slate. But considering the elevation at
which we still remain to be tolerably high, the products both of the
vegetable and animal kingdom are comparatively uninteresting. There are
more epiphytical Orchideae on the south sides of these hills, than the
north. Musci and Hepaticae are common, but do not embrace a great amount
of species. Machantia asamica
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