U. INDEX. 



Fruit trees 



List of trees 



Wood fuel versus coal discussed 



List of birds 



CHAPTER II. 



My stay at Mandalay from 4th to 18th December 1813. 



Arrival at Mandalay ... ... ... ... ... 46 26 



Illustration of tbe unsatisfactory nature of dealing with Mandalay 



officials, and malpractices of Mint Authorities 

 Failure to elicit information from a resident of Mandalay 

 Incidents of the night, and character of escort 

 Preparations for landing and attendant circumstances described 

 Costume and toilet of Burmese described, and contrasted with that 



of British Burma 

 Invitation to put up with the Resident... 



What transpired during ride from landing-place to the Residency 

 Royal granary and summer-house 



Sundry observations on vendors and conversion of timber ... .,. 



Low price of teak as conrpared with British Burma 

 Condition of public works, roads, bridges, &c. 

 Conservancy arrangements, and Buddhist scruples 

 Arrival at the Residency ; description of the building, and Burmese system 



of espionage 

 Detention of fire-arms by Burmese Customs Authorities 

 The Rev. J. E. Marks's S. P. G. Mission School ... 

 Introduction to His Majesty the King of Burma, and what transpired on 



the ride to the palace ... 

 Mandalay city briefly described. Also public reception-room in the palace 

 The imbooting process 



Introduction to the Ministers of State, and attendant circumstances 

 The Italian Consul 

 Hall of Audience 

 Ceremony of His Majesty's entrance and exit, and what occurred at the 



audience 

 Cursory description of principal buildings in the enclosuro 

 Failure to scrutinize the palace grounds 

 Return to Residency from the palace ... 

 Arts and manufacture in the City 

 Weaving 



Brass-foundry ... 

 Carving and carpentry 

 Glass-blowers ... 

 The City Market 

 The hairy family of Burma .. . 

 Convicts and their treatment 



Encamping-groimd of Shans and Paloungs : their system of trade 

 Trip to Mengoon in search of Fictis elastica 

 His Majesty's State Barge, and neglected Steam Saw-mills ... 

 Failure to find Ficus elastica at Mengoon 

 Vegetation and ornithology of Mengoon 

 The Great Pagoda, Mengoon 

 The Great Bell of Mengoon 



Unusual style of a Pagoda in the neighbourhood of Mengoon ... 

 Future plans discussed with Resident for attaining object of Mission 

 Receipt of Royal orders to the Governor of Mogoung 

 Visit to City of Amarapoora 

 Population of Amarapoora 



