. Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the neighbouring countries . plant, somethinglike an Eriophorum. The river, a short distance beyond the Deo-panee,takes a bend to the north; at the point where it bends there is aconsiderable rapid. The Faqueers Rock itself is a loose mass of rugged outline, about50 feet high : access to its summit is difficult to any body but aMishmee; it is, however, by no means impracticable. The path bywhich it may be gained, leads from the eastward. At the summit is aninsulated, rounded, rugged mass of rock, on which the faqueers sit. Itis ho
. Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the neighbouring countries . plant, somethinglike an Eriophorum. The river, a short distance beyond the Deo-panee,takes a bend to the north; at the point where it bends there is aconsiderable rapid. The Faqueers Rock itself is a loose mass of rugged outline, about50 feet high : access to its summit is difficult to any body but aMishmee; it is, however, by no means impracticable. The path bywhich it may be gained, leads from the eastward. At the summit is aninsulated, rounded, rugged mass of rock, on which the faqueers sit. Itis however the descent by the path to the east which is difficult, andpeople generally choose another path to the west. This rock is cloth-ed with ferns epiphytical Orchidese, an Arundo, and a few stunt-ed trees are very common at its summit. Between it and the hill isanother much smaller mass, and the intervening spaces are occupiedby angular masses of rock. These spaces both lead westward tothat corner of the river into which the Deo-panee falls. Eastwardthey lead to the margin of the
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