Gathered one fine Bleteoidia Orchidea, racemis erectis oblongis, sepalis petalisque fusco-luteis, arcte reflexis, labello albido, odore forti mellis.  Engelhardtia occurs here, Pentaptera, Wallichia, Calamus, Saccharum, etc.

March 7th.—­To-day the Meewoon arrived, accompanied by perhaps 200 people chiefly armed with spears; he was preceded by two gilt chattas.  He made no objections to my remaining, and really appeared very good-natured.  The first thing he did, however, was to seize a shillelagh, and thwack most heartily some of his coolies who remained to see our conference.  He did not stay ten minutes.

March 8th.—­To-day I examined superficially the ovary and young fruit of Ceratostemma variegatum, Roxb.  The placenta which is very green, is 5- rayed.  The substance of the walls of the ovary which is thick and white, projects towards the axis not only between the lobes, but also opposite to each; so that the fruit is really 10-celled, but 5 of the cells are spurious.  The production opposite the placentae necessarily divides the ovula of one placenta into two parcels, and these are they that have no adhesion with the axis.  At present I can say nothing about the relative site of the lobes of the placentae, otherwise there is nothing remarkable, beyond the production of the ovary opposite the lobes of the placentae.

March 12th.—­Yesterday evening Bayfield returned alone, leaving Hannay on the Patkaye, unable to come on or retreat, owing to his having no coolies.  It was decided, that there was no other step left me to follow than going on to Ava, and I thus am enabled to obey the letter of Government, relative to my going to Ava, which reached me on the 10th by the Havildar.  The Meewoon can give me no assistance towards returning, although he will spare me a few men to carry me on to Mogam.  For the last three days I have been indisposed.  Altitude 2138 by the Therm.  Temp. 208 degrees, at which water boils.

March 13th.—­Left and proceeded down the Kamyoom, or properly Kam-mai-roan, according to Bayfield, in an E.S.E. direction for about seven miles, when we reached the previous halting place of Dr. Bayfield.  We passed before arriving at this a small Putar on which were some remains of old habitations; on it limes abound, and these are a sure test of inhabitation at some previous period.

The vegetation continues precisely the same as that of the Namtucheek, even to Podostemon Griffithianum, which I to-day observed for the first time.

March 14th.—­Proceeded on, still keeping for the chief part of our march along the Kammiroan.  We left this very soon, and crossed some low hills on which the jungles presented the same features.  We left the village Kammiroan to our right.  We did not see it, but I believe it consists of only two houses.  Passed through one khet, the first cultivated ground we saw after leaving that on the Kamchick; then we came on to a