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11^7t January, 1871. Follower! tlie cart-road to Bin-dau-eng. 

 Although the alluvium round Oakkan is for a great part under 

 cultivation, the forests whioli formerly existed could easily be 

 made out from the trees left standing along the borders of the 

 rice fields. These partook decidedly of the character of a lower 

 mixed forest up to about a mile west of Oakkan when long wild 

 sugarcane made its appearance along the borders of the fields 

 while baup {Bntca frondosa), yindyke {Dalbergia cultrata) and 

 others appeared in their stead, thus indicating former savannah 

 forests. As the fields ended I entered the real typical savan- 

 nah forests almost entirely consisting of the small-leaved variety 

 of theiu-de {Stcphegyne pnrvifolia) and continuing so almost to 

 the banks of the Lhein river, where bamboo jungles of yakatwa 

 (Bainlttisa spinosa), then in full flower, locally interrupted them. 

 The larger choungs in these savannahs are bordered usually 

 by a peculiar vegetation, its constituents being derived chiefly 

 from the swamp-forests, such as Bymenocardia Wallichii, Gar- 

 denia Jiygrophila, Denis, Comhretum trifoliolatum, etc. After 

 following the bank of the Lhein river upwards through savan- 

 nahs nearly 12 feet high, I crossed this stream opposite Bin- 

 dau-hsit, and continued my mai-ch through savannah forests, 

 now chiefly composed of yindyke {Dalbergia cultrata) and thit- 

 po (Dalbergia purpurea) while baup {Butea frondosa) appeared 

 in less number along with bam bwe {Careya arborea), Kye ni 

 (Barrtiigfonia acutangula) and a few others. Arrived at the 

 Bin-dau Eng we encamped in the swamp-forest which borders 

 this lake opposite the village of the same name. Carex Walli- 

 cJiiana here forms very inviting patches for pasture, Tjut is, like 

 its congeners in Europe, not touched by cattle. 



12th January, 1871. My elephants having ran away 'during 

 the night, I could only start at 10 a. m. They had gone off 

 with two wild elephants and were found with them in a swamp 

 about three miles off. The savannah forests continued for a few 

 miles on the other side of the lake, when to my surprise I 

 entered a cool shady typical swamp-forest of large extent, full 

 of novelty and interest to me. It extends to a distance of 

 about a mile from the banks of the Irrawaddi, where savannahs 

 are again met with. Having arrived at Suay Paghan, my 

 botanical section from the Pazwun doung choung to the Irra- 

 waddi was finished, and I now turned northwards along the 

 Irrawaddi, encamping for the niglit at Khyoung gyi, a poor 

 village buried in the high grown savannahs that enter it from 

 all sides. 



The accompanying section is a graphic representation of the 

 results of the journey as above mentioned. 



13th January, 1871. The elephants could not be found in 

 the savannahs until 11 A m. and therefore only a very short 

 march to Balue-yua was accomplished. All the way nothing 

 but savannahs intersected by rice fields and villages were met 

 with. 



14th January, 1871. Halted in order to send off my mails 

 to Henzadah. The jack and mango trees grow here splendidly, 

 although, like all other trees, they are rather short-stemmed. 



15th January, 1871. Started for Nay-yua. While the ele- 

 pbants followed the cart-road, I turned to the right, crossing the 

 extensive savannahs and savannah-forests, and it was only 

 after having lost the true path several times that I arrived at 

 the banks of a lake called Eng sue. Here I found a canoe, in 

 which I managed to cross over with my followers to the village 

 of the same name ; but this occupied nearly two hours, for the 

 canoe held but two persons at each trip. The trees bordering 

 the lake are swamp forest trees, amongst which a species of 

 Aporosa was especially conspicuous. Tiie eng itself is destitute 

 of waterplants and its waters are very muddy, but the scenery 

 around is friendly and inviting. From here we had to go west- 



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