ecially with young firs, and the effect being
much increased by the quantities of large boulders that occur strewn in
every direction. The Boga Panee is here a contemptible stream, not knee
deep. Moleem is a place of some size on the left bank of the river,
occupying the side of a hill of considerable height. Thermometer 7 P.M.
58 degrees.

_October 15th_.--Temp. 7 A.M. 53 degrees, at 3 P.M. 70.5 degrees, water
boiled at 204 degrees, altitude 4,473 feet, or perhaps rather more.
Walked towards Nogandree; between this and a stream resembling the Boga
Panee there is a pretty valley, the eminences generally well-wooded with
young firs. Pretty and eligible sheltered sites might here be chosen for
a Sanatarium. The vegetation is the same as that of Moflong--Delphinium,
Ranunculus, Anemone, Potentilla, Tricyrtis, Codonopsis, Lilium giganteum,
Spiraeaceae, Viola, Pyrus, Galium, Carduus, Viburna.

The woods are not very frequent, they consist, when not exclusively of
Pines, chiefly of Oaks and Chesnuts. Underwood almost entirely of
Acanthaceae. Rhus Bucki-Amelam is common here, an Oxalis occurs in very
shady places with fleshy leaves, it is so large that it is scarcely
referrible to O. corniculata. Berberis asiatica is very common. 6 P.M.
thermometer 58 degrees, 9 P.M. 50.5 degrees.

_October 16th_.--7 A.M. 842.5 degrees (sic). Ascended the Chillong
hill, which is among the highest portion of this range, it is said that
from this both the plains of Bengal and of Assam may be seen, not because
it overtops all the intermediate ground, but because that happens in some
places to be rather low; the termination of the 1st elevation above
Churra, is seen to be very abrupt, but nothing can be seen beyond the
elevated plateau of this part towards the south. To the east and west
the view has the usual appearance--grassy valleys and hills--with a great
disproportion of jungle.

The summit is gained after an easy march of two hours; the ascent is
gradual. The highest ridge is naked of trees, but to the north the slope
is in one portion covered with heavy tree-jungle, in which the underwood
is as thick as I have ever seen it: it consists of an Acanthaceous plant;
the forest itself of oaks, chesnuts and Rhododendron arboreum, which last
is common on the highest margin. A few Pines occur, but scarcely above
the middle of the hill. To the north very high ground is visible, as
likewise from Myrung, and between this and Chillong