The Mishmee hills: An account of the journey made in an attempt to penetrate Tibet from Assam to open new routes for commerce
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Assam tea for Thibet, start for Calcutta, struggle for boats, brave Chinese women, steamer saved, ships boats, Indian oriental character, introduction to Lord Mayo, viceroy on trade-routes, shooting expedition, camp, pig-sticking, chase of a leopard, brave old boar, my first tiger, desperate charge, wounded mahout, Calcutta chamber of commerce, rival trade-routes, liberal vote, government expeditions, mules wanted, hurclwah fair, hoaxing a landlord, start for Assam, Bramapootra, serajgunge, change of river-bed, rajmahal, proposed companion, partnership of explorers croco diles, water snakes, Gwalpara, Gowhatty, wants of a station, Umanander, tezpoore, annual fair, sudden flood, dangerous night, wild buffaloes, dikhoo mookh, mosquitoes and mules, Debrughur, Wet season, Assamese calamities, depopulation, cooly question, mistaken legislation, tea plantation, cultivation of tea, manufacture, ruins, buton quail, parrots, Shikar in Northern Assam, Fever, bosser fishing, Assamese people, habits, houses, dress, religion, morals, opium, difficulties of repressing opium traffic, experiences in China, popular mistakes, preparations for a start, Abor Visitors, panic in the bazaar, Abor tribe, frontier wild tribes, pension system, Chinese policy, visit from a tiger, new interpreter, wanted a guide, Khamtee Chief, Tenga-panec, gregory island, mahseer fishing, chowsam's village, cool reception, first Interview, chowsam, gin and politeness, chiefs consent gained, khamtee people, clan system, houses, virgins' house, bachelors' house, morals, customs, social laws, Native officials, chowsam's terms, return to tenga-panee, pleasant reception, bachelors' quarters, priest and his omens, attacked by monkeys, torchlight fishing, Frontier forests, hulluk monkeys, mhitton, land leechcs, honey hunting, buffalo bull, camlang-panee, trying the Sahib, nullah, beetles, bramakund, sacred fish, Mishmee message, mishmee tribes, chullah cottahs, ornaments