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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II Physical Science 1881

1881

The earlier portions of the " History of the Kings of Assam " detailing the Alwyn invasions clearly enough point to the Dihing river as the line of entry and Nongyan as the part of the Patkai where they crossed the name Patkai having originated there. [...] While some of the people cooked I went with the others to Bisa about a mile up the Dherim Patti a place celebrated as the heaquarters of the Singplitis of our side of the Patkai and the residence of the late head Gam Bank& There was little to distinguish it from other Singphti villages —the same long shed-like houses traces everywhere about of the depth of the mud in the rains pigs and c [...] Early in the evening the men arrived with the remainder of the loads and I pitched the tent in the usual form on a clear little flat just at the outer edge of the village. [...] I observed that the mists in the early part of the morning or before noon poured for hours over the lowest part of Patkai above indcated like milk from a jug and the phenomenon was repeated daily during our stay thus marking it unmistakeably as the lowest part of the range East of this part (which seemed the Upper Namrup on our side and Loglai on the other) the range rose again though not [...] Between Patkai and Dupha Btim beyond Diking rose a fine group of hills called by these people Miao Bum and between Mill() and Sonkap on which we stood were the small hills called Nan-nan and Tantuk between which Pemberton says the old route lay and the Natnrup flowed under the name of the Nam-huk or Namitok and near the village of Namphuk ; the alternative route to the Nimbi via Namhongtm
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Pages
81
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
I.—RepÓrt on a visit to the Nongyang Lake on the Burmese Frontier February 1879.—By S.E. Peal Esq.
1-30 The Natural History Secretary view
II.—On the Identification of Certain Diamond Mines in India which were known to and worked by the Ancients especially those which were visited by Tavernier. With a -note on the history of the Koh-i-nur.- by V. Ball Esq. M.A. F.G.S. Geological Survey of India.
31-44 The Natural History Secretary view
III.— List of Mollusca from the Hills between Mari and Tandiani.—by W. Theonald Deputy. Supt. Geological Survey.
44-49 The Natural History Secretary view
IV.— A list of Butterflies taken in Sikkim in October 1880 with notes on habits &c.—by Lionel De Nicéville
49-60 The Natural History Secretary view
V.— List of Earthquake recorded in fisam during the years 1879 and 1880.—By the Government or Assam
61-67 The Natural History Secretary view
Index
251-260 The Natural History Secretary view
Plates
i-ii The Natural History Secretary view

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