Oct. 18th.—­We are still in the Karam river.  Reached about noon the Kamptee village, Palampan, or rather its Ghat.  This Karam river is tortuous, generally shallow, with a more or less stony bed; it is nothing more in fact than a succession of rapids, between each of which the slope is very gentle, so that one makes good progress.  Temperature at 6 A.M. 66 degrees in the canoe; but in the hut in which I slept, it is as low as 60 degrees.  The dews are very heavy, and the jungle, as before, comes down to the edges of the water, but scarcely affords any marked feature. Kydia calycina is common, as is likewise a large Mimoseous tree.  There is apparently very little diminution in the volume of water, though several minor streams were passed between this and the Mookh.  Liriodendron is becoming more frequent.  The views of the mountains are very varied; and that of the Koond defile or Chasm, very beautiful; water-falls seem to be distinctly visible down one hill or mountain, in particular.  The finest view however is on the Lohit, opposite Dyaroo Mookh, at which place the three huge, ever snowy peaks, characteristic of the Mishmee portion of the mountains, are distinctly seen.

Left the Ghat for the village which is situate on the Dea-soon or Simaree, which flows into the Tenga-panee, and which is said now to carry off so much water from the Karam that this river ceases a short distance above this place to become navigable for boats like mine.  The path we pursued ran in a S.E. or S.S.E. direction for about a mile; it is good, and leads through a thick jungle:  the village contains probably fifteen houses.  The Gohain, or chief, is a most respectable-looking man, and of very fair complexion.  His people are for the most part stout.  The women also of very fair complexion, with their hair tied in a large knot on the top of the head, in a peculiar way, putting one in mind of fat Norman damsels.  Temperature in the boat to-day 76 degrees, the sky beautifully clear.  The B. pooter seems still the only river, the temperature of which is always below that of the air.  One interesting Elaeocarpus occurred—­Petal. viridibus apice dentatis; calice griseo viridi, vix valvato.  I may remark, that the aestivation of Kydia is scarcely valvate.  I saw a, to me, new kingfisher and wood-pecker.  The black and white kingfisher, Dalcedo rudus, is not found on the B. pooter beyond the termination of the sand banks.

Oct. 18th—­Temperature in my hut at 5.5 A.M. is 56 degrees, outside it is 52.5 degrees, that of the river water 63 degrees.  We left about 8, and proceeded up the Karam, which presented nothing singular.  The volume of water is now less, and rapids are more frequent:  heavy snow is visible from a little above Palampan Ghat, where the river bends to the northward; and a little further on a fine view of the Koond occurs.  The Chasm is bounded in the rear by the fine rugged peak