the spot, every thing remarkable, which occurred to me in thé course
of my employment on this extraordinary service,. I haye, .'since my
return to England, been induced to flatter myself, that my, Journal
might not be deemed altogether unworthy of the public curiosity. The
trite plea of the importunity :of Mends, trouid naturally suggest to me
the ridicule which has -so often and so justly been cast upon;-it, if. I
Mâd not, in the lateness of the publication, an evidence- to^acquit-mei
at leastof too great forwardness to obtrude myself on the" public notice",'
I have exceeded the rule- laid down-by Horace, of nonum premdtur
in annum, if it may be construed to extend to1 compositions <of this
nature. T may, also, without presumption, i venture to hope, that*,
however incompetent I may be to embellish my narrative with'the
dress best fitted for it to appear in, yet the novelty and curiosity of
the subject will, in some degree, compensate for my own deficiencies,
as an Author, of which I cannot possibly be unconscious.
C O HI! E'N t s.
p a r t r.
' '• 'CHAPTER I. •
A J T1 \ ' ' I H H >l o PAGE Leave Calcutta—gri^eWftWo^R^lassey^o' MobrshedabaJ^-crpss the Ganges near
• Barfeah— arrive, at RujigpijL—GiUjnuty %ljifT<joii, o^trerafndou Humeane.
—MungiilhWvrM^e.cVabl^Fg0 | Manufactoryl^Zeenkaubsi—ipifst View pf the
Mountains of Bootan.—Ooonh-Bahar.—rBungalo-—singularCuston\i,n;this District
—extensive; Elephanfs^-Pine-apjiIesa,,
1' present A b u n d a n c e In t ro d jic t io ^ t iato/India,-rlnroa^pf
Assam—Bate of the Invaders. • — _ __
CHAPTER IT
Chichacotta— Fro^tie^t^1 Bmtan^-j—Approach tdj’Buxadevfp“—-noxious Quality of'^
Uie AtmospherebeneathltH|Rang^q^Mount|m|^feE^feiOtttHaInh^W'tents,
— §rLatv Pan of ihe Troops, th it soreed'^iderjfet—
Colonel ^ CoYiseatieiu:e.s— ,
Tangun Horsey S^cies'pect^^to.'dHcTO 3^ount4n«|^A^nf,ani Entiy, inflo?.
Buxadewar.^-Chong, and Aiwa, the!’ R.-^Cha^teisol die
People.— Visit 'theyScpbah-y-lmpediment tg :w 3 Advance— Cqri osity^ and, Urba-,,
nity- of the Staptab—invited to igM^naw.hini, during,/the Performance of. a;. 1
” religious Description; of . |h e^eM^ n y^itsy Design.-j-Beautifal
Scenery in thejj|^nity of Buxadewar:— Skilful ArchMS^GoimnencemeijVof the
rainy Season.-^Dfepatches from-the D|ed> Raa,— Prepareto proceed__Poorungheer.—
Shor^,’p icture J^ann^ati^(^igrter of 1 Soobajif.-i-View o f/
Buxadewar.—Etymology of it^ p&tle.^Mode o^travelljngin Bootan... -- ig
CHAPTER IIE,fa||
Leave Buxadewar.— Ascend Peachukonr _Mountam—ritilprodigious .Attitude.—
-. Caution of the Booteeas.— Gigantic Creepers.— Bamboos, a peculiar Species.—