LITERATURE OF THE BURMAS. ig'/ 



4. " Uttara-parabaik a cow's figure has, and two cir- 



'• cles, and the KappelawiU country." Several 

 conftellations in the lift of Sir William Joxes 

 begin with Uttara. 



5. " Pyouppa-parabdik of a cow the pifture has, and 



'• two circles, Patanago country it governs." 

 Patagano is a city and government in the Burma. 

 kingdom, on the eall lide of the Eyravjadt^ in 

 latitude 19^ 55'^ 



6. " A couch is Sas^ata conftellation, four circles it 



'• has, and the Kathee country." Kathee has been 

 corrupted by us into Cujfay. It is an independent 

 kingdom between Ava and Bengal. Its king re- 

 fides at Munnypura. 



7. " The Pyathat^ of twenty-four circles, is of Kiecn 



*' country the conftelladon." Pyathat is a kind 

 of fpire, permitted only to be ulbd in buildings 

 or boats dedicated to the perfonal ufe of God, of 

 the king, and of the Zarado. 



8. " The duck conflellation five circles has, Shan is 



" its country." From Shan our word Siam is 

 corrupted; but the inhabitants of the kingdom of 

 Siam make a fmall part only of thofe to whom 

 the Burmas give the appellation of Siammefe. 



9. " The Kyabuayn aroo leaf is the Talain country 



" conftellation, it has feven circles." Talain is 

 the Burma name for the original inhabitants of 

 what we call the kingdom o{ Pegu. 



10. '• The horfe conftellation has eleven circles, Eu- 



rope is its country." 

 ji. " The morning conftellation one circle has, of 

 " Dunwun plant the fruit." I do not know what 

 plant is meant! perhaps it is the Trapa? 



12. " The table conftellation four circles has, of the 

 '' -Kiayn country the conftellation." The Kiayn 

 are a iimple innocent people inhabiting the moun- 

 tains between Ava and Arakan. 



13. " Zain conftellation eleven circles has." 



14. Thattapefcia with a leopard's picture four circles 

 has, , 15. " Of 



