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The Jampan which is usually preferred by ladies, for a skittish horse might back the iider cver a precipice, fen kind of sedan ensir, made very light, like those ef China, sod closed on tts four sides by curtains. Jt is carsied on theshoulderd of four men by a pole front aud rear, Nine men are the eom- pltment of each Jumpayv, fout te carry and four as relayée——he odd man aseaming the command of the rquad, and becoming a nominal recrrity for their good behavior.
The Jampan wallahs haye a most pecu: liay shrfiling gait, caused apparently by wearing slippersmueh ton large fer them, Your comfort depends upon the sort of bearers you get, as some keep step very imperfectly, and the result is that you feel the tsotion in every banein your body. But where they carry you with an easy sling trot, you scou fat acenstomed and indiffer- entto the motion.
When our csvalcada pisrted from Rejpore the aun was shining brightly and it was quits warm althouga a cool breezs was weeping down from the enaw clad moun- taine; and Limprudently had my cvercoat strapped on the back of ceolic, who started halfan hour zbesc, The scenery, as we ascended the winding path, wes grand and imposing. Huge reeky hills riee abruptly to the height of liye hundred to ene thou tand fori, or tudulate slope te a much steeper ascent in the distance; down the valleyathrough many a rocky rayine rush bright, sparsling waterfsils, tumbling ard leaping in frothy beauty, 58 they are checked in their course by massive boulders of stone. Occasionally a troop of wild monkeys rush chattering op the cliff, pelting you fromthe top with pebbles—aud ioosening in their ascent theshingly soil, which comes rattling Ineawnower dewn the hillside. Masses of wild honeysuckle, cactus acd creeping plants run over snd clothe the rugged poicts of rock, aud the delicate foliage of the festhary bamboo contrasts fancifully with the loity pine that towers by its side,
We came frequently to dangerous looking curves, whero ib seemsto rcquive only & strong pull of wine to tilt ene over the precipice. The path is ususlly about ton feet wide and protected by a low stone par- apet. But in some places it is too narrow for two leaded horses to pasd in safety, and we bere keep a sharp lookout that we may nieet no cayaleades bound down toward the valley.
Having as we supposed plenty of time we
