between the Southern Part of Bengal and Ava. 203 



either the Tripuras or Saksahs, and are subject to three 

 chiefs, of which the one in the centre is by far the most con- 

 siderable. 



The one who lives farthest north I had no opportunity of 

 seeing, as his house was too far removed from a road acces- 

 sible to a palanquin, the manner in which I travelled when in 

 his vicinity ; but I had some communication with him by 

 messengers. His name or title is Agunnea, and his territory 

 lies along the rivulets which fall into the north side of the 

 Sunkar river, which is called Sunka by the Bengalese, and 

 Reekri, (sweet water) by the Joomea Muggs. His house is 

 on a small stream, called the Barwany, that falls into this 

 river at a market-place, called Gulea cherra, and is three 

 hours' journey from that place, above which, in 1798, the 

 judge of the district had placed a guard to prevent the incur- 

 sions of the Bonjugies. Agunnea is said not only to have 

 among his dependants many of the Kunkies or Lingtas, but 

 to have formed a very close connection with the chief of the 

 Bonzhu or Bonjugies. This last circumstance, however, his 

 messengers were not willing to acknowledge ; and they al- 

 leged, that the Bonzhu chief resided fifteen days' journey from 

 their master's house, which does not diifer much from the ac- 

 count given on the Karnaphuli. His territory certainly in- 

 cludes all the country about the sources of the Karnaphuli and 

 Sunkar, and, no doubt, extends some way down several con- 

 siderable branches of the Arakan river, occupying the high- 

 est part of the frontier between Bengal and Ava, around 

 what in our surveys are called the Blue Mountain and Pyra- 

 mid Hill. The people of this tribe seem to trade chiefly with 

 Arakan, and the greater part of their territory is probably 

 considered by the King of Ava as his property. 



The territory of the central and principal chief of the 

 Joomea Muggs, extends from the south bank of the Sunkar 

 over all the vallies watered by the branches of the Mamuri 

 and Edgong rivers. In 1798 I staid two days at Sualuk, 

 Where this chief resides ; and, during this time, I visited in his 

 house, and in that of his chief priest, in return for the visits 

 of these persons, and of their principal dependents ; while in 

 oilier parts of his territory, I had a similar friendly intercourse 



