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 edifice.  The Koollong is still a considerable stream, but appears to be fordable, at least in the present season.

The vegetation continued the same almost throughout.  In ascending from the nullah above mentioned, we came on plenty of Pinus longifolia, and on getting still nearer Tassyassee the Abies pendula became more and more common, until it forms on the opposite bank of the Koollong opposite this, a large wood; Pinus longifolia disappearing.  The hills continue openly wooded, the woods consisting of oaks, chiefly Q. robur and Rhododendrons.  In the ravines which are thickly wooded, oaks, chesnuts, Cerasus, Rhododendron arborea, mosses; Panax two or three species, among which is a new one, P. aesculifolia, arbor parva armati, foliis 7 digitatis, paniculis nutantibus.  Hydrangea, Viburnum caerulescens, and Microphyllum, Galium, Ferns abundant, Bucklandia likewise occurred here and there!  Tetranthera, Valeriana, Scabiosa, Conaria, Holcus elegans.