. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . river, and the boats had to be draggedup innumerable rapids. Their various hair-breadth escapes,and the serious accidents which happened to other travellersin this little changing ri^er, which \^■as shallow and swift,or slow and silent, by turns, claimed their constant attention,but they did not fail to note the varied scenery of the ri^er-sides. Here, they were hemmed in by deep cliffs and narrowgorges ; there, were banks covered with wild, luxuriantvegetation and tall bamboos. Troops of monke^-s disportedamong the leafy branches, o
. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . river, and the boats had to be draggedup innumerable rapids. Their various hair-breadth escapes,and the serious accidents which happened to other travellersin this little changing ri^er, which \^■as shallow and swift,or slow and silent, by turns, claimed their constant attention,but they did not fail to note the varied scenery of the ri^er-sides. Here, they were hemmed in by deep cliffs and narrowgorges ; there, were banks covered with wild, luxuriantvegetation and tall bamboos. Troops of monke^-s disportedamong the leafy branches, or played on the sandbanks,and once a tiger crashed through the brittle reeds. A wildboar swam across the nose of the boats, while beautiful birds,wild-fowl, and millions of mosquitoes made the journeysuthciently interesting, and at the same time reminded themthat they were lea\ing the borders of civilization. .\s one ■• A LAND GOD CARETH FOR. II evening they were making a fire on the bank with driedbamboos, some snakes, which had been hibernating in. Revs. F. W. Savidge and J. Herbert Lorrain,in Lushai Dress. the snug cyhnders, dropped out, and as the bambooscrackled and the lurid glare lit up the darkening] gorge,a wild chase ensued. 12 THE IXSHAI Day by day they travelled through the uninhabitedNorthern parts with the mountains, covered with denseforest, towering three or four thousand feet above them,resting only on Sundays, until the}- arri\-ed at a little settle-ment of Bengali traders at Sairang. With much difficulty they carried their goods up themountainous roads for some thirteen miles, to a place calledFort Aijal—an elevation of four thousand feet abo\-e
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