egrees. Big Therm. in
boiling water 206.5 degrees, ditto wooden 207 degrees, small ditto 201
degrees, centigrade 97.75 degrees.

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Nungtung is a small village not containing more than 12 houses; these are
on michaowns, {186} and are built entirely of bamboos. The doors of
curious construction, consisting of bamboos strung longitudinally over a
transverse one, so that they can be only opened by pushing on one side.
The pigs have similar doors to their houses and appear well acquainted
with the mode of ingress and egress.

Tobacco flourishes here. Here also I saw Sesamum and Ricinus, sure signs
of increasing temperature, Labiata edulis. The first part of the march
lay through an oak and chesnut wood; then through the valley which is
under rice cultivation; then through part of an oak and fir wood; I then
turned off to NNE. traversing undulated hills entirely covered with
grass; here and there an oak and chesnut wood occurred; this continued
until 1 P.M., when the path joined the great road as it is called, but
which is nearly as bad as the Nungtung one. The marching was very
disagreeable, owing to the path being choked up with grass, particularly
in the swampy valley just before Onkreem. In this valley wild elephants
were first seen.

After leaving the halting or resting place under a large oak (Q.
castaneoides) at Onkreem, the path improved and is only rendered bad by
the swarms of elephants, by which animals we were disturbed twice; it
continued until 6 P.M., over undulated ground becoming lower and lower
until we arrived at the large valley of Onswye, which is even now at this
advanced period of the season, the middle of November, considerably
swampy.

Oaks and chesnuts continued, but pines ceased about half way between
Onkreem and Onswye.

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[Gradient From Onkreem to Onkreem: g189.jpg]

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Onswye is a small village, seated on a low hill, and entirely hidden by
trees: the access to it is pretty. Its elevation is 1,632 feet,
temperature 63 degrees. Water boils at 98.75 of centigrade, small ther.
202.5 degrees, big ditto 208.75 degrees, wooden ditto 210 degrees: taking
209 degrees as the mean.

It is a Lalung village. These people have distinct habits and language
from their neighbour