snow. High ridge to
south plainly visible, a good deal of snow visible. Went out at noon
over to the south-east, in which direction a pine wood was visible; this
I ascertained to consist of Pinus or Abies pendula, which has much the
habit of a Larch. The altitude of this above Phoollong is certainly
1,000 feet; snow covered the ground in all sheltered spots. The woods
here are formed chiefly of Q. robur, Q. ilecifolia also occurs here and
there, Gordonia, Cerasus, Rhododendron minus.

Mosses and Jungermanniae abound, and were in high perfection owing to
being saturated with moisture. Polytrichum, Neckera, Brachymenium,
Dicranum, Weissiae, Fissidens, Hypnum, Didymodon, Diastoma, Orthodon,
were found in perfection. The only new plants were a Campanula and a
Chimaphila, which last was found at 7,000 feet. Berberis asiatica
scarcely occurs below 6,000 feet, Hedera. The birds seen were the jay,
barbet, red-and-black-headed, variegated short-wing, large ditto of
Khegumpa, orange-breasted Trochilus, brown Fringilla, green woodpecker,
black pheasant, and small squirrel of Assam was also found.

From the fir wood, Tassyassee was distinctly visible, bearing nearly due
south, distance 10 or 12 miles. Koollong was also seen: all the high
ground between that and Bulphai was covered with snow. The high range to
the south is, I think, the same as that which runs up behind from the
pagoda above Bulphai.

A few plants of the Assam Indigo, Ruellia indigofera, are kept here, and
preserved with care, but stunted and obviously unsuited to the climate.
Montario, our taxidermist, says that it is the fourth plant he knows from
which indigo is procured. First, Indigofera--Second, the custard apple,
_shereefa_--Third, a climbing plant used in Java, etc. probably Marsdenia
tinctoria--Fourth,--?

_February 10th_.--Fine weather: thermometer at 7 A.M. 40 degrees.
Started at 9 A.M., and reached Tassyassee at 3 P.M.; the distance being
nine miles. We continued throughout nearly at the same elevation,
rounding the hill on which Koollong is placed. About three miles from
this we descended about 500 feet to a nullah, which we crossed over by
means of planks, thence we ascended about the same height, and continued
at nearly our former level until we descended to the Koollong, which we
crossed by the usual form of wooden bridge. Thence we ascended 400 feet
to the village, which is chiefly constituted by the Rajah's house, a very
large edi