. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . e\ery variety of green, while in others the forest was brokenand relie\-ed by the warm tints of masses of sandstone andred clay, of which these hills consist. Surklang is an immense mass of peaks tossed about in wild confusion,the rocks dropping in irregular strata, now horizontal, nowfollowing the general inclination of the spurs ; and further ■ tViisiH (It India Keport. liXll A LAND OF HILLS AND VALLEYS. 17 to the east the Lengteng range presents the appearanceof a large buttressed wall. In the early morning the scenery was magnifi
. The Lushai Hills : a story of the Lusahi pioneer mission . e\ery variety of green, while in others the forest was brokenand relie\-ed by the warm tints of masses of sandstone andred clay, of which these hills consist. Surklang is an immense mass of peaks tossed about in wild confusion,the rocks dropping in irregular strata, now horizontal, nowfollowing the general inclination of the spurs ; and further ■ tViisiH (It India Keport. liXll A LAND OF HILLS AND VALLEYS. 17 to the east the Lengteng range presents the appearanceof a large buttressed wall. In the early morning the scenery was magnificent. On both sides the mist layin the ^•alleJs like a sea of the softest wool, stretching awayfor miles, marking out each spur and ravine on the mountain. Lushai Man and Woman Smoking. side like well defined shores. The peaks of the lower rangesstood up like little islands, while currents of air dashed themist against the steep out-running spurs, like mimic breakersagainst some bold headlands. The hills extended far awayto the west, rising range upon range, purple and blue, tillthe sun, appearing above the bluff mass of the Surklang, c 18 THE LUSHAI HILLS lighted up the mountain sides with the most brilliant tintsof orange and green, and changed the cold blue of the cloudysea beneath into ah the \aried and delicate tints of mother-of-pearl, while over all hung the canopy of clear lilac andgold of the morning sky.* We can only add one more quotation, fuU of localcolouring, from the same pen : During the march toChumfai we had been disappointed at meeting so few wildflowers in these jungles. \iolets with little or no scenthad frequently been found. Some heliotrope, cox- comb, and a few other common flowering \\-eeds, were theonly varietie
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