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The elevation of the station is 130 feet above the sea, that of Kishengunj I made 131; so that the Gangetic valley is nearly a dead level for fully a hundred miles north, beyond which it rises; Titalya, 150 miles to the north, being 360 feet, and Siligoree, at the margin of the Terai, rather higher.
Mounted on a stout pony, I enjoyed my scamper of sixteen miles over the wooded plains and undulating gravelly slopes of the Terai, intervening between the foot of the mountains and Siligoree bungalow, where I rested for an hour.
Siligoree stands on the verge of the Terai, that low malarious belt which skirts the base of the Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Brahma-koond in Upper Assam. Every feature, botanical, geological, and zoological, is new on entering this district.
The Calcutta road to Dorjiling by Dinajpore meets, near here, that by which I had come; and I found no difficulty in procuring bearers to proceed to Siligoree, where I arrived at 6 a.m. on the 13th.
From Siligoree I made a careful examination of the gravel beds that occur on the road north to the foot of the hills, and thence over the tertiary sandstone to Punkabaree. At the Rukti river, which flows south-west, the road suddenly rises, and crosses the first considerable hill, about two miles south of any rock in situ.
Grasses Bamboos Cottages Rajah of Cooch Behar Condition of people Hooli festival Ascend Teesta Canoes Cranes Forest Baikant-pore Rummai Religion Plants at foot of mountains Exit of Teesta Canoe voyage down to Rangamally English genera of plants Birds Beautiful Scenery Botanizing on elephants Willow Siligoree Cross Terai Geology Iron Lohar-ghur Coal and sandstone beds Mechi fisherman Hailstorm Ascent to Khersiong To Dorjiling Vegetation Geology Folded quartz-beds Spheres of feldspar Lime deposits.
After leaving the wooded Terai at Siligoree, trees became scarce, and clumps of bamboos were the prevalent features; these, with an occasional banyan, peepul, or betel-nut palm near the villages, were the only breaks on the distant horizon.
Betel-pepper, cultivation of Titalya Siligoree View of outer Himalaya Terai Mechis Punkabaree Foot of mountains Ascent to Dorjiling Cicadas Leeches Animals Kursiong, spring vegetation of Pacheem Arrive at Dorjiling Dorjiling, origin and settlement of Grant of land from Rajah Dr.
On the 14th of March we proceeded west to Siligoree, along the skirts of the ragged Sal forest. Birds are certainly the most conspicuous branch of the natural history of this country, and we saw many species, interesting either from their habits, beauty, or extensive distribution. We noticed no less than sixteen kinds of swimming birds, several of which are migratory and English.
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