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Dear Sir
Last rainy season I passed at Gualpara on the frontier of Assam, and when the dry weather began, I visited the hilly countries in that vicinity. I was in great hopes that I should have found something worthy of your acceptance, but was disappointed. The hills consist entirely of granite or silistone mica, and contain no minerals, marine [indecipherable], nor any thing of the smallest curiosity. I was very anxious to have procured Lord Mintos permission to pass the ensuring rainy season among the Alps of Bootan, and, before I left Gualpara, wrote to his Lordship on the subject, but, as I have received no answer, I have reluctantly been under the necessity of giving up my plan of a personal visit, and to content myself with training up a native