was the Ophir of Solomon, 147 



about the lake Mohill*, where tlie people are as black as 

 Indians. From hence, passing behind Kitay, he found on the 

 sea-coast, among the mountains, very warlike people, whose 

 khan was called Itburac, and who, with a good army, received 

 him so bravely, that he was constrained to go back and post 

 himself in an advantageous camp between two great rivers. 

 Oguz and his chief officers carried their wives with them. 

 Seventeen years afterwards, Oguz conquered the dominions + 

 of Itburac, and put him to death. Cabul, Gazna, Cashmere, 

 Damascus, Turquestan, Great Bucharia, Bale, &c. fell to this 

 great conqueror, who, at his decease, made a just distribution 

 of his empire among his numerous relations J. 



By the above short essay, some perhaps may be induced to 

 conclude that Ava was the true Ophir. With regard to the 

 navigation, it was more approachable than some of the places 

 mentioned ; and on that point those who have contended for 

 Malacca and Sumatra will have nothing to oppose. The facts 

 are too remarkable not to attract the attention of literary 

 gentlemen in Bengal and Ava ; and further enquiries in those 

 countries will very probably lead to curious discoveries on this 

 question. 



On the Sap of the Rose Tree, 

 Communicated by R. Addams, Esq. 

 A FEW weeks since I had an opportunity of collecting a consi- 

 derable quantity of sap from a rose tree, and I was induced 

 to submit it to a chemical examination. The following are its 

 characteristics : — 



It was transparent, and colourless when viewed as drops, 

 but in large portions it appeared a little opalescent. It was 

 tasteless and inodorous. Specific gravity 1.001. It contained 

 no uncombined acid or alkali. 



* In the map, lat. 27°. 



t A note says this means Tonquin and Cochin China ; but the posi- 

 tions of those countries beyond so many large rivers, seem to warrant the 

 conclusion that Assam, Ava, and Arracan, were the territories conquered 

 by Oguz, as has been mentioned in page 89 of " Wars and Sports ;" and 

 this conjecture is strengthened by the circumstance of Boodh having in- 

 troduced his religion first into AiTacan, and thence into Ava. — Bees's 

 Cyc. " Boodh." 



J Abul Ghazi, (a descendant from Genghis Khan.) Vol. i. p. U,ch.ii, 



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