The vegetation is nearly the same as about Churra, some new Castaneae and an Elaeocarpus occur, and Pandanus of large size in the woods.  Epiphytical Orchideae abound; Nepenthes occurs here.  Altitude from three observations 3,530 feet:  1st observation 3,439:  2nd 3,597:  3rd 3,624.

November 10th.—­Joowye:  this is north from Amwee, and about 8 miles distant.  Two valleys have to be descended, one rather steep.  The country alters immediately after the 1st ascent, the woods nearly disappearing except in the more favoured spots.  Pines soon commence.  In the second valley, the stream of which is large, and of which pretty views are to be obtained, the pines reach on the south side to the bank of the stream, on the north scarcely any are to be seen.  In the woods about Amwee, Eugenia is very common:  noticed on the route Lonicera.

Joowye is the largest village I have seen, it is of great extent but straggling; near its entrance is a breast-work now nearly complete.  The houses are of a better description than those generally met with.  They are surrounded by wood, especially fine bamboos, in habit not unlike B. baccifera.  They are also surrounded by excellent timber palings.  The people are different from Khasyas Proper—­perhaps they are not so fine a race.  Their features approach more to those of Bengallees, particularly the women, who dress their hair like those of Assam, indeed the dress generally of both sexes assimilates to that of Assamese, although their language seems to be Bengallee.  In the wood surrounding this place curious features of vegetation occur, and beautiful lanes and pathways.  One may see a beech now naked of leaves, standing out in graceful relief close to the elegant foliage of a bamboo.  Bamboos surround all the houses—­sugarcane, kuchoos, mustard, hemp, Musa, Ricinus were observed.

The plants are beech, which is common and of large size.  Pyrus of Moleem, Pinus rare, Marlea begonifolia!  Betula corylifolia common.  Verbena chamaedrys, Rubi 3 or 4, Tetrantherae?  Rubia cordifolia, Morus, Cerasus, Panax 3 species, Gleicheniae 2, Eurya, Juncus, Ranunculus, Viola, Verbesina of Moflong, Sida, Clematis pubescens, Caricineae, Myrica, Gordonia, Polygonum 3, among them Rheoides Engeldhaardtii common, Viburna 2, Wendlandia, Osbeckia capitata and nepalensis.  The grasses chiefly Andropogons; Mussaenda, Bucklandia, Saurauja, Hiraea, Dipsacus rare, Camellia oleifolia, and C. axillaris, Begonia laciniata, Ficus, Vitis, Sonerila, Plectranthus azureus, Randia, Mephitidia, Psychotria, Galium, Clerodendrum infortunatum, Pyrus or crab, Fragaria, Potentilla, Urena lobata.  The diversified nature of the vegetation, both tropical and temperate, is at once evident.

The altitude is 3,553 feet—­temperature of the air 62 degrees; large thermometer boiling point 205.5 degrees:  wooden ditto 206.75:  centigrade ditto 96 degrees:  small ditto 199.5 degrees.

The higher ground about the place is about 4,000 feet:  Joowye being situated in a hollow.  Viola and Peristrophe occur.