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APPENDIX. 
By Major Henry Burvey.—(Continued.) 
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. Specimen of the Myen wa bamboo. 
. Specimen of the Zon wa ditto. 
Dinner box made at Ava; first stage, shewing how the pieces of the woodwork 
are joined together. 
Dinner box ; second stage, with a coat of bran ashes priming, and ground smooth 
on the lathe. 
Dinner box ; last stage, covered with vermillion. 
Basket-work frame of a betel-box 
A Burmese bucket of coarse basket-work 
. Specimen of the latter, cut for basket-work. 
. A small deal box, covered with fine priming, and a coat of the first kind of var- 
nish; part of this box is gilt. 
. A packet containing specimens of the stones and red earth used in the manufac- 
ture, also a brush of cocoa-nut fibre. 
. A packet containing two gravers and a piece of slate. 
. A packet containing a piece of petrified wood, and some polishing powder. 
. A packet containing specimens of vermillion, Chinese cinnabar, and paints. 
. A packet containing Burmese gold leaf. 
. A block on which the basket-work of cups is wove, with a cup upon it. 
. A Burmese lathe, with a chuck fixed to it. 
. A chuck for ditto, shewing how the cup is fixed to the lathe. 
. A basket-cylinder for ditto, shewing how the cup is lodged in it. 
. A betel-box, of a red colour, imported from Laos. 
. A betel-box of a green colour, manufactured at Ava. 
. A betel-box of a yellow colour, manufactured at Nyoungoo. 
. A betel-box of a black colour, finished with the polishing powder manufactured 
at Ava. 
. A betel-box of a yellow colour, and of a superior description, manufactured at 
Pugan. 
. A small box for keeping tea. 
. Three bottles of the first kind of varnish. 
. Two bottles of the second ditto. 
. One ditto, third ditto. 
. One ditto of calcined bones, sifted fine. 
43. One ditto of ashes of paddy husk, sifted fine. 
. One ditto, Shan oil. 
. A specimen of the Powet-kyonng-yet style of bamboo basket-work.* 
* For an ample account of the method of manufacturing these articles, see a paper by Major Burney in the pre- 
sent volume of the Society’s Transactions. 
