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convovi'fl us without <(r()undin<j more tlinn once or twice as iar as the 

 Aiiii)hur's head.iuarters of Nauiclmk, beyond which he professed 



unable to go. 



Victoria Point. 



J)inin<; our stay at Renong we visited, on two occasions, Vic- 

 toria Point, about 5 miles across the estuary. Victoria Point is the 

 southerinjiost station of Burma, and is, or used to be, the head- 

 ([uarters of an oflScer of the Burma Commission, but since the war 

 lias been in charge of a Sub-divisional officer. There is a small wire- 

 less station at the top of the hill, which we visited. Since the working 

 out of the Pearl beds, and the cessation of mining at Malewon, there is 

 little activity of any kind in the place, and hardly anything is to be 

 obtoined in the way of stores. A little Para rubber is planted in the 

 neighbjurhood, notably on Victoria Island opposite the settlement. 



Xamchuk. 



We left Victoria Point at about 10 a.m., and after one or two 

 difficulties with shoals arrived at Namchuk, which is the seat of an 

 Amphur or district officer, at about 4.30. Here we found the local popu- 

 lation busy tidying up the place in preparation for a visit from the 

 Lord-Lieutentant of the province, who was expected on a tour of 

 inspection on the morroAv. The neighbourhood of Namchuk is open 

 country, mainly ricetields and village lands, but we obtained a few 

 interesting birds including the rare eagle, S/y'tzaefus nrpalensls, and 

 the beautiful harrier. Cirrus mdanoleucus. 



Next day, as our pilot professed to be unable to take us further, 

 we took the boat and prospected the river up to Tapli, distant about 

 10 miles, and found ample water as far as the foot of a small hill 

 called Mamoh, though the depths were variable and there A\^ere rocks 

 in mid-channel. We started next morning on the rising tide and 

 reached Mamoh safely, though not without a nasty bump over a flat 

 rock which put our hearts in our mouths, but fortunately did no 

 damage U) our lightly-scantled craft. 



Mamoh. 



There is a small hill here with patches of evergreen jungle, on 

 which wc collected for a few days while re-sorting our outfit and mak- 



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