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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Cooper, T TKeywords
Assam tea for Thibet, start for Calcutta, struggle for boats, brave Chinese women, steamer saved, ships boatsIndian 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
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