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people in their igorance believe to be the annual offering of the 

 son-in-law to this great spirit. The lake now continued to rise, and 

 the sticks and rubbish gradually floated away ; their disappearance 

 being accounted for by the ndts consumption. 



330. Sunday, 8th March 1874.— Thermometer, 61° at 6 a.m. 

 Heavy fog, dispersing with the same effect as yesterday. The 

 Endawgyee lake is about thirteen miles long and six broad, and fed 

 by numerous mountain -torrents ; it is surrounded on all sides, but 

 to the south south-east, by hills : those to the east being the highest 

 and most heavily wooded. So great is the dread of the mountain- 

 eers to the east (which is in the Moohnyin District,) that neither 

 Shans nor Shan-Burmans venture to settle among them. I had 

 hoped from here to be able to penetrate the interior some distance 

 north, but coolies were not obtainable, even at two rupees per 

 diem ; subsequently I learnt that they had been prohibited coming 

 to me by my guide. Remainder of the day was spent in an excur- 

 sion to the head waters of the Nang-poung choung, the Kulwa-boung- 

 toung, about where I had expected to trace the volcano noted in 

 Yule's map ; but I was disappointed ; even the people about here 

 did not seem ever to have heard mentioned accounts of the erup- 

 tions. The highest altitude reached, was 1,200 feet; the vegeta- 

 tion corresponded with that already noticed to the north-west of 

 Winelone, but was far more luxuriant in growth : I got a shot at a 

 fine smooth-skinned bear (Ursus malayauns), but only wounded him. 

 My bag consisted of a horn-bill, Buceros rhinoceros, Falco jugger, Phyl- 

 lornis aurifrons, Elanus melanopterus, a number of large green pigeon 

 (Garpophaga sylvatica), peacock, and some jungle fowl ; I also missed 

 a number of birds, some of which were new to me. In two different 

 places, I came on nests of the leaf-cutter-bee (megachile), and col- 

 lected other predaceous beetles, none of which I recognized : I 

 returned to my boats, after a very hard day's tramp, at 9 p.m. 



331. Monday, 9th March 1874.— Thermometer, 60° at 6 a.m. 

 Heavy due overnight ; and dense fog, in the morning. Started my 

 boats at an early hour, but they could not get further than the 

 confluence of the Nan-poung choung, for the water was too rough : 

 a strong gale had sprung up from the north-west, and the waves 

 were very high. I joined them by land, collecting shells and plants 

 on the way. The black sand that had hitherto characterized the 

 beach, was now changed to a yellow clay, which discoloured the water 

 for a considerable distance from the shore. Dr. Hungerford, Surgeon- 

 MajorH.M.'s 45th Regiment, S.F., who had made conchology astudy, 

 informed me that there were two shells among my collection new to 

 him ; which I believe he sent to Mr. Theobald, to identify but unfor- 

 tunately, just then the Regiment left for Bangalore, and subsequently 



