BOOT AN.
C H A P T E R H.
ChichacoUa—Frontier of Baotan-—Approach to f i u x ^ a r —nosmm
Quality o f the jfLmosph^re beneath this
Effects on the Inhabitants—fatal to Captain Jones and ër?at Parl
of the Troops that served under hisn-—Colonel Sir John Cuming
another Instance of its injurious Consequence.— Tangun Horse, a
Species peculiar to these Mountains—Ascent and Entry into Buxa-
dèwar.— Chong, and Arra, the Spirit prepared from it—CfalWfUr
o f the People.— Visit the Soobah—Impediment to our Advance-
Curiosity, and Urbanity of the Soobah—invited to'accompany him
during the Performance of a religious Ceremony— Description of
the Ceremony—its Design.—Beautiful Scenery in the Vicimtyfqf
Buxadewar.—Skilful Archers:—Commencement of the rainy^Season.—
Dispatches from the Daeb Raja.^-Prepare jg prpceed.—
Poorungheer.— Short Stricture on the Manner and Character of the
Soobah.— View o f Buxadewar—Etymology of its Title.— Mod? of
travelling in Bootan.
A t three in the afternoon we came to Chichacotta. 'and met with the
Zeenkaubs, who conducted us to a habitation situated in the centre of
a large square, formed by a strong embankment, with a double row
of b a m b o o s f a e w s t f ■ viras totally of
a? diSérerf^'ëéüs&irêHon froîn ’afiydn Berigàlï ’ The first apartment, to-
tfhlbh tM^àsteîfittivà's -by â’hfài&àM-.iaddbry1 W as- elevated about eight'
; feet*homrthi.ts5CSlind,’aTii:l siippoi tuf o’rf'foik'Ld-plopd. «Bamb®®^, testing
‘otrlîfeSfiltfô, ‘à’èi4ddràS beaftîs : the' fl^rWfttMgi'TDo'ta Wâs fêrmed
by mâts1 Of sfîî#E&Mb&’S* that- ôf:the éthér’-by Of pîa'nk &®nt three
fô sîx- fëet 1 ëftg ,* ïtfM-%n£y*SŸ ‘ôrté-àiïd heWô' by the axe,
âMla¥§ fhe'g^aüisdf
fiber, id thêd^bf; Wbichwas of tha^tc-b p- âhè'"the1 aide's of Ihe room were
ëiTêdMpassèd'-by’,fSpMt'-'tefflb'oos') inîerWbteaS laïfÉte^Wisè, sde^stfO leaver
interstices foi» thè admiEStfaftnbf light--aM'aif : the apartments werédi-
ridëd by rèbdS* plaOëd ®pfight, confided' a£-«tbpbbetween jtw<nfl'at>tpiTfces
ofïbâhîboôy and^-resting • at bottom >iû>*iatgfeove.1 Thfefe Was/ no iron
WMtfe^ef'i» tfië %hble ÉBrJëi?* Iltet'ühatch wâ^vérytoW,» and It pro«
jé t^ f considerably' beyond the‘Walls, SO -th'at'thtefsân^fwet® equally
dCfemdMTronf thé MB’ àrîd”Su®;- b
Chiehacotta is faftioüsy àS',baVïi^î,bëei#®h dbjëBftôf‘contest between
the'first detachment of WûfVihôb^-‘an#'{ibè!-p'êé|Mts§f Bdotari,in;thé
war'Cafrièd ôn hpbh-dhe’ir frbrifië?“®^ 7^s-As’ aTdPtifité&toft,
it Was then, whàt it liât this day,1 àb?rg«l®bî&iig square,-ehcoffipasâed
by TfeS^BMlfeeas'''deleffded it with
obstinacy, add â battle WaS'fSügÊnim-ift viOihity, in which rffîey Üis-
plâféd mutM¥pe^bn&'-chi#^klï^gHç-$Ér Wârfr irfl^O’ssMe ■ they could
Slèritbïïél irglteli-' ïhêi§li^efîbF‘^®ÿâiltage o$ fifelbfe^S h n d e am ib fly
bVeb tMtch‘fôéks^*thè SSbfe,'ahd thehow. Btif- tiËtÿiâgfi'c6'm|}elled: toi
^¥b w ^ y a ^ m ^ tM®sbottay for aïîMsiderab'te^tn& after, a post