Selection of Papers Regarding the Hill Tracts between Assam and Burmah and on the Upper Brahmaputra

This book intricately explores the Hill Tracts between Assam and Burma, as well as the Upper Brahmaputra region, offering a comprehensive array of subjects authored by different contributors. Lieutenant R. Wilcox leads the Survey of Assam (1825-8), while Captain R. Boileau Pemberton delivers the Summary of Captain S. F. Hannay's Route (1833-6), detailing an expedition from Ava's capital to the Amber Ruins in the Hookoong Valley. W. Griffith, Assistant Surgeon on the Madras Establishment, narrates the Journal of a Trip to the Mishmi Mountains (1836) and the Journey from Upper Assam towards Hookhoom, Ava, and Rangoon (1836). Mr. G. T. Bayfield shares the Narrative of a Journey from Ava to the Frontiers of Assam (1836-37), and H. L. Jenkins contributes Notes on a Trip Across the Patkoi Range (1869-70) and the Burmese Route from Assam to the Hookoong Valley.