86
degrees! under a decently covered shed.

Boiled water at 209.5 Fahr. Thermometer 70 degrees, which gives 1399
feet of elevation.

Started at 9, and arrived at Kidding on the Saxsai, a small stream which
now falls into the Tooroon. Distance about four miles and a half from
Nempean: general direction about S.S.E. The road runs along the Tooroon
S., and a little to the W. of S.; it then diverges up the Saxsai, which
runs nearly W. and E. Near the mouth of the Saxsai, and about 400 yards
above, there is another small stream, the Jinnip Kha. Both these are on
the left bank of the river. On the opposite side, and about a quarter of
a mile, is a village, which like all the rest is stockaded. Kidding is
larger than either Tubone or Nempean; it is on the left bank of the
Saxsai. Rapids are common in the Tooroon, but are not of any severity.

The vegetation remains in a remarkable degree similar to that of Assam.
The Lohit Campanula is very common in the stony beds of either river.

Brahminy Ducks seen at Nempean, and the ravenous Geese of Kamroop Putar.
Fished in the Tooroon, and had excellent sport, killing in the afternoon
twenty fishes, average weight half pound; some weighing nearly two
pounds. Three species occurred, and all were taken with flies; the
smallest are a good deal like the _Boal_ of Assam. The large-mouthed,
trout-like Cyprinida {74a} occurs, and to a larger size than in the Noa
Dihing. The third is the _Chikrum_ of the Singphos; it is a thick, very
powerful fish, a good deal resembling the Roach: one of two pounds,
measures about a foot in length. Outline ovate lanceolate, head small,
mouth with four filaments; eyes very large, fins reddish, first ray of
the dorsal large spinous. It affects deep water, particularly at the
edges of the streams running into such places. {74b} It takes a fly
greedily even in quite still water; but as it has a small mouth, the
smaller the flies the better. Black hackle is better for it than small
grey midges. On being hooked it rushes off with violence, frequently
leaping out of the water. It is a much more game fish than the Bookhar:
the largest I took with flies; with worms I took only one small one. With
regard to the Bookhar, it is strange if it is not found in the streams
running through this valley, as in the Kammaroan it occurs in abundance.

Black and white Kingfisher, _Alcedo rudis_, Snippets, Curlews of the B.
pooter, with chesnutish back occur i