Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 by J. D. (Joseph Dalton) Hooker
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river -- Jheels -- Chattuc -- Churra -- Leave for Jyntea hills --
Trading parties -- Dried fish -- Cherries -- Cinnamon -- Fraud -- Pea-violet -- Nonkreem -- Sandstone -- Pines -- Granite boulders -- Iron washing -- Forges -- Tanks -- Siberian _Nymphaea_ -- Barren country -- Pomrang -- _Podostemon_ -- Patchouli plant -- Mooshye -- Enormous stone slabs -- Pitcher-plant -- Joowye -- Cultivation and vegetation -- _Hydropeltis_ -- Sulky hostess -- Nurtiung -- _Hamamelis chinensis_ -- Bor-panee river -- Sacred grove and gigantic stone structures -- Altars -- Pyramids, etc. -- Origin of names -- _Yandaca coerulea_ -- Collections -- November vegetation -- Geology of Khasia -- Sandstone -- Coal -- Lime -- Gneiss -- Greenstone -- Tidal action -- Strike of rocks -- Comparison with Rajmahal hills and the Himalaya. CHAPTER XXX. Best voyage to Silhet -- River -- Palms -- Teelas -- Botany -- Fish weirs -- Forests of Cachar -- Sandal-wood, etc. -- Porpoises -- Alligators -- Silchar -- Tigers -- Rice crops -- Cookies -- Munniporees -- Hockey -- Varnish -- Dance -- Nagas -- Excursion to Munnipore frontier -- Elephant bogged -- Bamboos -- _Cardiopteris_ -- Climate, etc., of Cachar -- Mosquitos -- Fall of banks -- Silhet -- Oaks -- _Stylidium_ -- Tree-ferns -- Chattuc -- Megna -- Meteorology -- Palms -- Noa-colly -- Salt-smuggling -- Delta of Ganges and Megna -- Westward progress of Megna -- Peat -- Tide -- Waves -- Earthquakes -- Dangerous navigation -- Moonlight scenes -- Mud island -- Chittagong -- Mug tribes -- Views -- Trees -- Churs -- Flagstaff hill -- Coffee -- Pepper -- Tea, etc. -- Excursions from Chittagong -- _Dipterocarpi_ or Gurjun oil trees -- Earthquake -- Birds -- Papaw -- |
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