Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: William Griffith
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365462965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Excerpt from Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries His first appointment in India was to the coast of Tenasserim but in the year 1835 he was attached to the Bengal Presidency, and was selected to form one Of a rdeputation, consisting Of Dr. Wallich and himself as botanists, and Mr. Macclelland as geologist, to visit and inspect the Tea-forests (as they were called) of Assam, and to make researches in the natural history Of that almost unexplored district. This mission was for Mr. Griffith the commencement of a series Of journeys in pursuit Of botanical knowledge, embracing nearly the whole extent of the East India Company's extra-peninsular posses sions, and adding large collections, in every branch Of natural history, but especially botany, to those which, under the auspices Of the Indian Government, had previously been formed. He next, under the directions of Capt. Jenkins, the Commissioner, pushed his inves tigations to the utmost eastern limit Of the Company's territory, traversing the hitherto unexplored tracts in the neighbourhood Of the Mishmee mountains which lie between Suddiyaoand Ava. Of the splendid collection Of insects formed during this part of his tour some account has been given by Mr. Hope in the Transactions of the Entomological Society and in the eighteenth volume Of ourftown Transactions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.