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aiTJoining islamls. The Arakaii oil is a clear tliin liquid rescmblint^ slicrry in colour, 

 ami with a peculiar opaline tinge, and this liinpi<l oil would seem to be confined to 

 the country near the coast and west of the Arakan range, as the darker oil is to the 

 valley of the Irrawaddy and the country east of the sauio lange. 



Ambeu. 



Tliis mineral is not found in Pegu, but Upper P.urnia "has long been famed 

 for its amber mines, which arc near the sources of the Kyen-dwen, where the district 

 is called ' Payen-dwen ' from paijeii, amber, and dwcn, a pit." The mines however 

 were even in 1837 approaching exhaustion, and Dr. Griflitli oidy found ab(iut a 

 dozen men employed in them. Anderson remarks that "the amber most valued at 

 Jlomien is perfectly clear, and of the colour of very dark slierry, and is sold by its 

 weight. A triangular piece of this kind, about one inch long, and one inch in its 

 greatest diameter, cost about five rupees at Momien." 



