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" they feel inclined ; there is no fixed time for the 

 1 ' operation. This, I think, completes the information 

 "about the India-rubber trees, except, perhaps, I 

 1 ' might mention that some Burmans deny that the 

 " trees here are real India-rubber trees. They say 

 " they are Nyoung-peing trees (a species of creeper), 

 " but by courtesy they are called India-rubber 

 "trees from their resemblance. The trees planted 

 " at the plantation, and those sent to Rangoon, are 

 " the same as the India-rubber trees at the pagoda 

 " here. I have seen the Nyoung-peing-ngai creeper 

 " in the forests in the Prome District, and, though 

 " they are very much alike, they are not the same 

 " as the trees known as the India-rubber trees." 



18. Seven hours' steaming, after leaving Prome, brought us to 



Thayetmyo, and at about 4 p.m. we were 

 station of Thayetmyo noticed. moored below the Irrawaddy Flotilla 



Company's cargo sheds, which are 

 situated about a mile south of the Cantonment. The temporary 

 nature of these buildings and the absence of a suitable landing-place, 

 pier, or quay, materially detracts from its appearance, and leads 

 passers-by to form a misconceived idea of the prosperity and impor- 

 tance of its trade. Thayetmyo is situated on the right bank of the 

 river, and is the last place of importance in British territory. It is 

 garrisoned by a wing of a European regiment, a native corps, and 

 a battery of artillery. The road from the landing-place to the 

 Deputy Commissioner's house, leads through that portion of the 

 town apparently occupied by the principal shopkeepers : among 

 them I noticed the names of some European firms. There was 

 not much time to reconnoitre ; for, after conversing on different 

 subjects with ColonelHorace Browne, andarranging for an inspection 

 of the silk works in the jail, before leaving on the morrow, it was too 

 late to venture far, so we rode to the band, and returned home by 

 a nicely- avenued road that skirted the Cantonment. I may here 

 mention having seen, in Colonel Browne's compound, the largest 

 Bugainvillea spectabilis I have ever noticed : it had quite grown out 

 of its natural scandent habit, and assumed the form of a tree. 

 The trunk, at four feet from the ground, measured four feet six 

 inches in circumference. 



19. According to arrangements made the previous evening, 



Colonel Browne, accompanied by Mr. 



Visit to Thayetmyo Jail in con- Parrot, the Assistant Commissioner, 



nection mth Seneulture. ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ihmngh the jail 



the next morning, and spared themselves no time or trouble in 



