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very well, and it is exactly in the same place as in the light of 

 the planets. 



Capella gives a spectrum, in which, at the places D and b, 

 the same fixed lines appear as in that of sunlight. The spec- 

 trum of Betalgeus contains numerous fixed lines, which, with 

 a good atmosphere, are sharply defined ; and although, at the 

 first view, it does not seem to have any resemblance to the 

 spectrum of Venus, yet similar lines are found as in the spec- 

 trum of this fixed star, precisely in the same places where D 

 and ,b are in sunlight. In the spectrum from Procyon some 

 lines are perceived with difficulty, and not so distinct as to de- 

 termine their place with certainty. But in the orange I think 

 T have seen a line at the place D. 



Munich, July 14, 1823. 



Art. III. — Narrative of the Proceedings and Scientific Ob- 

 sei'vations of the late Mission to Ava* 



The Mission left Rangoon on the 1st September, and reach- 

 ed Henzada on the 8th. Here we were received with much 

 polite attention by the future Viceroy of Pegu, who has the 

 rank of a Wungyi, or councillor, the highest enjoyed by a sub- 

 ject. He was very solicitous, however, to prevent our going 

 further, intimating that he was himself vested with full powers 

 to treat with us upon every possible subject. 



He had no opportunity, however, of exercising his plenipo- 

 tentiary powers upon the present occasion, for the Mission, 

 disregarding his pretensions, on the afternoon of the 10th* 

 quitted Henzada, and on the afternoon of the 14th, a few 

 miles beyond Myanaong, or Loonzay, entered the hilly re- 

 gion, which is the proper geographical boundary of the Bur- 

 man race — all to the south being the Delta or debouchement 

 of the Irawadi, and the true country of the Peguans or Ta- 

 lains. 



Pursuing our journey with hills now pressing down to the 

 river on both sides, and which struck us at the time as pecu- 



* A printed copy of this interesting paper has been kindly forwarded to 

 us by a Correspondent in India. 



