ca gigas,* Derngia,* Govania,* Anthistiria
arundinacea, Alstonea, Angiopteris, are found. Grislea is found as high
as 1,000 feet. Ficus obliquissima is found at 300 feet, and Ficus altera
species as high as 700 feet.

At 1,200 feet Rubi sp., Panax, Cordia, are found, and on the steep
ascent, Hastingsia,* Gordonia, Eurya, Corisanthera, Griffithia.

At one place the jack fruits, Ficus elastica, Compositi arborea, Panax
altera species.

Dewangeri occupies a ridge 200 feet above our halting place, the
elevation of which is 2,031 feet. The view to the north is confined to a
ravine of 1,500 feet deep, at the bottom of which runs a considerable
mountain torrent: to the SW. plains are visible, to the east and west the
view is hilly.

The village itself is a poor one, containing perhaps sixty houses, but
these are divided into three or four groups; the houses, with the
exception of three or four stone and lime ones, are of the usual build,
viz. of bamboo, and raised on muchauns. Filth and dirt abound every
where, and the places immediately contiguous to the huts are furnished
plentifully with various ordures.

Along the ridge three or four temples occur, these are of the
Boodhistical form: they are composed entirely of slate, are white-washed;
none are of any size, and the workmanship is rude in the extreme; on each
face of the square basement, slabs of slate with inscriptions are
visible, and in one instance many of these are ranged along a longish
wall. The Pagodas are surrounded with long banners, with inscriptions
fastened longitudinally to bamboos. On the west side of this the view is
remarkably pretty, embracing all the temples, part of the village, and
the Rajah's house. The hills adjoining being considerably diversified
and remarkable, and for India over picturesquely wooded.

The pucka houses are ungainly structures, the height being out of all
proportion to the width, the walls are very thick, and composed of slate
slabs, the roof is choppered with projecting eaves, the windows are very
narrow. Each has three stories, the middle one being occupied by the
owner, this is divided into several rude compartments, each of which has
one or two balconies.

The steps are rude and awkward, consisting of notches cut into large
blocks. The cooking is carried on, on the ground floor, much to the
edification of the residents above. Dirt abounds in every direction. The
doors are rudely constructed of wood.

_Janu