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C//< January, 18G8. To-day it was resolved tlmt I slionld 

 separate from tlie Inspector-General's camp and should move 

 towards Mjo dweng where I was again to join tlie party. 

 This route is interesting ns it leads along the laterite belt that 

 separates the sandstone hills from the alluvium and cuts it 

 lengtliwise, tlius giving a clean longitudinal section. 



7/A January, 1868. Left Koung-long-deing and entered 

 Eng forests on laterite grounds soon alter leaving the alluvial 

 deposits of the Kiin-13iling-choung. Towards the Kadeng 

 choung lower mixed forests with plenty of wapyu gelay in it 

 re-appeared on alluvium. Encamped opposite to Thaya gon 

 on the banks of tlie Mokha choung. 



%th January, 18G8. After leaving the alluvial lands of the 

 Mokha choung, Eng forests with myiu wa (Bamhum strieta), 

 became the rule. For a short distance the laterite is covered 

 by stiff clay, probably inundated during the rains, and here a 

 coarse Authistyrin {A. gig.intea) with Touk Kyan {Terminalia 

 crenata) and occasional patches of Yin dike (Dalbergia cultrata) 

 form a uniform low forest. The latter tree grows here very 

 low surrounded by its young offspring, which the Javanese 

 would call a pohon anahannk (a tree with its children) a sketch 

 of which will be found in para. 2, of this report. The whole 

 tract over which we wandered is laterite ground filled up with 

 alluvial deposits along the courses of the choungs ; and it is 

 along these choungs that the eng-forests are separated by 

 strips of lower mixed forests of the usual character. I en- 

 camped at Thin-myot-gyi situated on cultivated lands sur- 

 rounded everywhere by Eng and low forests. 



Qth January, 1868. Started for Myodweng. The char- 

 acter of the country the same as yesterday. Extensive Eng 

 and low forests observed on the laterite grounds which to-day 

 appear on the higher situated lands between the choungs, 

 while lower mixed forests regularly border the choungs them- 

 selves when flowing through alluvium. Fine silicious sand often 

 covers the laterite and adds still more to the apparent sterility 

 of the tracts. Arrived at Myodweng we put up in the 

 forester's bungalow. 



\Q(h January, 1868. Remained at Myodweng. I explored 

 to-day the Eng forests which extend from Myodweng to near 

 the banks of the Thayet choung at Chouugvva. They are 

 typical Eng forests. 



ll//i January, 1868. Camp stayed. Explored the un- 

 dulating low hills at and around Doung mien pagoda. The 

 relation of the Eng and lower mixed forests is the same, Eng 

 forests covering all the undulating hilly country to the east 

 of this pagoda. This pagoda is overgrown with vegetation 

 along the favourably exposed sides and the following is a list 

 of the plants 1 noted down : Thysnanolaena acnrl/i'ra, Crotalaria, 

 Chcilant/ies argeniea, Adiantum himdatum, O'sbeckia Chinensis, 

 Sonerila tenera, Blumea, 2 sp., Celosia aryenfea, Scliizacliyrium 

 Iretifolivm, Eragrostin, Selaginella, Vamkllia crus/ncca, Can- 

 scora diffusa, Lindenhergia, Agerafum, Sida. Gomphrena, Ver- 

 nonia cinerea, Pterin longiJoUa, Campanula canisccns, Eungia 

 pectinata, etc. 



To-day the Inspector General and party arrived. 



The annexed section will give a graphic picture of the 

 country traversed, but as I have no longer at my di.^posal the 

 same map (Captain Seaton's sketch map) on which I marked 

 the forests, the section can only be approximately correct. 



Year 1871. 



2Q(h January, 1871. Waited in vain till 10 A. m. for 

 the arrival of the promised elephant and started for Yaitho. 

 Met Captain Plant, the Deputy Commissioner of Henzadah, 



