Jan. 16th.—­This day we gave up to the examination of the tea in its native place.  It occurs in a deep jungle to the south of the village, and at a distance of about three miles from it.  Our route thither lay through first a rather extensive grass jungle, then through a deep jungle.  We crossed the Deboru once on our route; it is a mean and insignificant stream.

Nothing particular presents itself in the jungle until you approach the tea, on which you come very suddenly.  This plant is limited to a small extent, perhaps to 300 yards square, the principal direction being N. and S. It grows in a part of the jungle where the soil is light and dryish, and throughout which, ravinules are frequent, due, Mac. tells me, to the effect of rain dropping from the heavy over-shadowing foliage on a light soil.  In addition to this, small mounds occur about the roots of the large trees; but chiefly around bamboos, which are by no means unfrequent.  This, however, is of common occurrence in all bamboo jungles.  The underwood consists chiefly of Rubeaceae, a small Leea, Cyrthandraceae and Filices, Polypodium arboreum, Angiopteris orassipes, and a large Asplenium are common.  Among the arbuscles are a large leaved Tetranthera, a Myristica, Anonaceae, Paederioidea faetidissima, foliis ternatis; stipulis apicee subulata, 3-fidis, etc.  And among the forest trees are a vast Dipterocarpus, the same we met with en route to Kujoo, Dillenia speciosa, etc.  Piper and Chloranthus are likewise not uncommon.  There is no peculiar feature connected with the existence of the tea in such a place, and in such a limited extent.  We were fortunate enough to find it both in flower and fruit, owing to its site; its growth is tall and slender, and its crown at least that of the smaller, very small and ill developed.  Large trees are rare; in fact, they have been all cut down by the Singfos, who are like all other natives excessively improvident.  The largest we saw, and which Wallich felled, was, including the crown, 43 feet in length.  Small plants are very common, although Bruce had already removed 30,000.  Mac. thinks they grow chiefly on the margins of the ravinules or hollows.  Their leaves were all large, of a very dark green, and varying from four to eight inches in length.  The pith of the tree felled was excentric, the greater development taking place as usual on the southern side; it was two and a half inches N., three and a half S.; but about 10 feet above the base this excentricity was nearly doubled.  The wood is very compact, and the tree apparently one of slow growth.  The largest that Bruce has seen, and which he felled last year, was 29 cubits in length.  The jungle was so thick that all general views as to its real extent, and the circumstances limiting it, must be very superficial.  To the East the cessation of the lightness of the soil and of the hollows is very