a pinnata, Volkameria serrata, Labiata
Sudyensis, Mussaenda erecta, humilis, Cinchona, Premna herbacea, Phoenix
pumila.

Arrived at Chichacootta, a small village, situated in an open grassy
plain, miserably stockaded; and lodged in a good well elevated house. The
following day started and reached Cooch Behar territory, after crossing a
considerable but fordable stream. The contrast between the desolate
territories of Bootan, and the sheet of cultivation presented by Cooch
Behar was striking.

The same contrast continued until we reached the Company's territories,
and its less cultivated portions along the bed of the Brahmapootra. The
only plant worth notice on the route, was a species of Swertia; the
vegetation being almost precisely the same as in Upper Assam.

_Rangamutty_, _Bhooruwa_.

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CHAPTER XIV.

_Journey with the Army of the Indus_. _From Loodianah_
_to Candahar through the Bolan Pass_.

I reached Loodianah on the 10th December 1838, after a dawk journey of
fourteen and a half days. After passing the Rajemahal Hills, the country
presents an uniform aspect, but becoming more sandy as one proceeds to
the northward. The hills alluded to, form a low range, the only one of
any height being that called Pursunath. They are well wooded, the under-
vegetation being grassy. Undulating ground bare of trees, but provided
with shrubs, is passed before coming on the wooded tracts, the vegetation
of these present much similarity with that of even 31 degrees N. The
_Dhak_, Pommereulla, Zizzyphus, occurring. The _Mahooa_ occurs in
abundance on the hills, but does not reach much beyond Cawnpore. The
country from the hills upwards, is almost entirely cultivated; very few
trees occurring, and those that do, are almost entirely mango. The
Borassus does not extend in abundance much beyond Benares, but the
_Khujoor_ is found everywhere in sandy soil.

Loodianah is situated about five miles south of the Sutledge, in the
midst of a sandy country, very bare