IT'S Ok the religion and 



the surface of the sea SA, 000 juzafia, and ck'sceild* 

 as mucli below. If we take a large cask, and im- 

 merse one half of it under ^vater, with one of the 

 ends uppermost, we shall have an exact repre- 

 sentation of the figure, situation, and position of 

 Miemno. The diameter of the superior plane sur- 

 face of this mountain is A'^^OOOjuzana. This im- 

 mense bulk is supported on three feet, wliich are 

 three carbuncles, each 3,000 juzana high, and 

 which are connected to ^'da Pathavy. The 

 eastern face ot'AIienmo i;s silver, the western glass, 

 the northern gold, and the southern face is pale- 

 coloured carbuncle. Seven chains of hills, like 

 so many belts, every where surround the king of 

 mountains Miemno: and in the intervals between 

 these chains are seven rivers called Sida"^', because 

 their white waters are limpid like crystal, and un- 

 able from their lightness to support even the 

 smallest feather. The height of these hills, and 

 the width and depth of these rivers, decrease, as 

 they are more distant from Mietwio, and that in a 

 duplicate proportion: thus the first range of hills 

 ^vh\chh c'dWed J ciga?f do, is in height 84, 000, ;w- 

 zana; and the first great Sida or river, which 

 runs between Mienmo and Jugando, is ol the same 

 Avidth and depth : the second chain of hills is 

 4^2, 000 juzana high ; and the second Sida of equal 

 width and depth : and thus the others diminish 

 in a similar proportion." 



*' III. Opposite to the four cardinal parts of 

 *^' Mienmo, are placed in the middle of the ocean,^ 

 " four great islands, the habitations of mtn, and of 

 '' other animals. The eastern island named Piop-> 

 '' pavidtha, is shaped like the moon in her qtiarters, 

 "and is in circumference 9.1,000 jtiza?ia. The: 

 "western island, wdiich is like the full moon, i» 

 " named Amaragoga, and has a similar circum- 



*' fcrence. 



* Siifa in the dialect of Arakan is applied to the sea, which the 

 Burmai name Pan.laj : but 1 imagine that sea would be a more pro- 

 per interpretatioa of 6'iVr/, than the word river ufcd by the missionary. 



