Tehintchieu Patchieu.r^N'oomnoo.—Poes.-—WahgoAa.—Symtok&L
i%-‘-—Bridge-over the Tehintchieu.—Valley of Tassisudon.
I'r^was seven a clack when w$ left Buxadewar; tour way led across
the Peachukom mountain, and it was nine before we reached, its
si^ipit^by a steep ^ 44rocl£y|roa4^soK^ey,paits.. oLJy?h^|r&9on^js|g^
.ep^elyLftairs of stone. j We,tfopnd here a small hut,, whigft; seined
jbrtsaded (as» a. resting dplaLce..'for travellers,- and we Ayajlqyj^rfMrpassed,
in the hope of enjoying an uninterrupted prospect of the low
country af Bengal. The sun shone,, and^thejvaftn^phere^^is^lar,
but from-the excessive height_of the mountain we could see.only a
short distance beyond the woods, that extended from its base, for more
than ten miles upon the low lands. The woods are intersected by the
channels of many streams, which in the season of the rains, become -
considerable rivers, and greatly contribute to the magnitude of the
Berhampooter.
Every object beyond the wood appeared indistinct, and the horizon
was lost in haze. In a few. minutes our prospect was. entirely chamggd ;
clouds came gliding towards us, and every object was enveloped in a
thick mist. The air became very chill"; a thermometer, "carried in the
pocket, at the foot .of the mountain stood at 80°, on .the top at 1*4°,
but in the shade it fell in ten minutes to. 65°.
While resting on this elevated station, we "were cautioned by- the
Booteeas to preserve the profoundest silence, and to beware of the danger
of disturbing the elements, by any sound louder than a whisper.
WtfWere seitkuslyt^snrddnMt/t'h'e^Conctfssiol^b'f' the aitp occasioned*
by loud cènvéöatisff, "Would dfiWitaMy bting5dbwn( dÖ üsy torrents of
rain. \\ i escaped tl-WdJiigoi^*htitStVcfthdcI ïïftfc^fóiig left* Bcadiukom1/
whepb the>bddudsrM'hi;cH'’'WeShad:,Seen'ic(5lléctmg;!“b¥è’kd' irt'abundant'
shóW©K.J‘ idtM?#bï0'ft*a-inM^èfed#,fót;at¥ëhtfra’1bf iM:’ advïcé'bf ouf'
guides^ noV wbré‘4helnIpY"écautidnsiiI@'®'®|D’'©fe"fts/as!they taughnhsftb
avdidj'wastihWftlb^ÜÊht Hm b^^^^h'm anuM ^^s'pot, which, from
it'sfj^eri<5f ‘èfeva fiÖr?/ stahdsJifï ftoWayf ’ t^lSii?ereb|3Ptffii&h of thefvar
pbdr ekfialed froïh the' ek’tensiVe wastey that' IitT'¥fIn;^dkft¥4ïrrd! witfl?
; BÉneifh its Baser*
3 We 'nfext ascdn'dcd' the1 Oomkoo, a mountain»1 higher thédlrl^
rilëïy’ctfvered fo -its 'summit With,rfffë^fel'Ibloth,ëd<Wi't© rmfss,» and With'
cïeëpefS^hitfertWièed 'afndtfgfT tHëmfbf sdrprisihg^lèdgihj3aifd1':thick-'
P P I ahtfböB M’s ’ rdmarkable^fbf ■’fhei'Enëxibïlity and ■"‘stfengM’f' qil'a1'
lities which'tenflèrThénï dri'ékcdTdnt 'substitute forffb^'eyHhel;uSe'W
#hich‘f indeed they'entirely’ supersede*
Tfte mbunfaiïr isf bBftfpofêÊr somdJijdM;és» 'of 'élaf*; ^Mp fow the
mósfpart ft' ‘consists qfh5flin'ty¥ron'e’J sS¥iafé<i%ithii^lf^a®d»Stermixèdi
vfith marble. It produces' d great quantity of'bahlBcrof^H’fcfPig very
höllèwy and ’sftiall®Knath ‘that of'Bèng&f, haVih'g* iïs Jkndtsta!fj a greater
5, * In the forests of America are found a sort ot oatcr. or withs, cal] d bj the Spaniards,
Bejucose; by tne French, ILianes; by™ er Indian ID bfeüf aiii^siffir¥eii3pItSy^
ed apropos in America. This plant twistsjabpun^tiie trees it^ rnccts y^ith, and risip'g
above th$ir highest branches, itstendrils descend perpendicijlarlWstritè info the ground>
tike rooty ri'se'up’ aróUnd another, ana'tmS^Katm and'dfe^effd'Mfërtiheiy. *• Craiefteri-
dirils late carried obliqpely hy, tlje winchtgr sgrpe qther accidenU and forüi a,t®nfused and
interwoven cordage, which resembles the »rigging of a ship.—Bancroft’s Nat.’ Hist, 'óf
MÓiahia, p. 99.
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