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Visit to Mesephima: graves, divination, description of houses, hunting trophies, food |
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The luggage-carts had gone on during the night. Hutton dealt with a few native cases at the Bungalow & we started then riding to GHASPANI (9.5 miles) through dense jungle on a fair road. Not unbearably hot; the road for a good way followed the gorge of the Dippu R., mounting steadily all the way; grand scenery. Butterflies in myriads. Arrived at GHASPANI fairly early & went to the Inspection bungalow, which is of the usual type (central sitting-room with bed and bath-room on either side. Kitchen in a small outhouse). Ghaspani is 1542.82ft. above sea level. All round is bamboo & mixed-timber jungle very dense & tangled with parasitic vines, canes etc. Sensitive-plant abundant. After lunch H. & I with our two Angami bearers, climbed up to an Angami village, MESEPHIMA, passing many old stone platform-graves; and |
