MYNADHUR THE TELEGRAPH A DAILY POST ESTABLISHED ROUTE TO TIPAI MUKH SCENERY ON THE BARAK TRIAL OP ELEPHANTS ENCAMPMENT THE GOORKHAS VARIOUS STATIONS TIPAI MUKH BRIDGE BUILT BY KOOKIES A NATIVE SAPPER THE COMMISSARIAT FLEET OP BOATS A LUSHAI IDEA MYNADHUR, the last and most outlying of the tea-gardens, is prettily situated on the left bank of the Barak, where the river,taking a semi-circular bend, leaves a long stretch of tolerably level ground between its banks and the foot of the hills. The garden covers several low tilas, the bungalow crowning one of them ; and beneath this, on the river's bank, are the huts and bazaar of the coolie labourers. There is also a small stockade of ancient bamboos, the weakness and ruinous state of which sufficiently indicate the sense of security felt by the in- habitants of the garden, who, however, have a small police-guard generally stationed there. Though so far removed from all aid, this garden has never, I believe,...
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