LITERATURE OF THE liURMAS. I99 



stg. " The fowl female o'l Utta conftellation eight cir- 

 " cles has, of Uzaung country the conftellation." 



30. " Of an alligator the is the picture of Ut- 



" tara conftellation with eight circles, and the 

 " Lahu country." Of the word a-^vie-kah-han^ 

 which follows alligator, I do not know the 

 meaning. 



gi. " The balance conftellation." 



32. " The crab conftellation of ten circles has, Raja" 



" gyol country." 



33. " The mountain conftellation four circles has." 



34. " Buchia the crab conftellation ten circles has." 



PuJIiya is the crab of Sir William Jones. Here 

 we have two crabs, No. 32 — 34. 



35. " The Brahmen's Buchia has a boat's picture, and 

 " the Dagoun country." Dagoicn is the great tem- 

 ple near Rangoun. 



36. '• Of Adara Daway is the country." The picture^ 

 is meant to reprefent a turtle. Daway is the 

 country we call Tavay. 



37. " Mecathe has of an antelope's head the picture, 



" three circles, and the Haynthawade country." 

 Haynthawade is the polite Burraa name for the 

 city and province of Pegu. 



38. " Of Friday the Star." 



39. " Buchia conftellation has eight circles, and Yun 

 " country." The Yun are the inhabitants of 

 Saymmay or Chiamay. 



40. " Zaduka conftellation four circles has, in' a pair 



" of fetters, of Giun country the conftellation." 

 I have never learned what country is meant by 

 Giun. It is always in the king's titles mentioned 

 along with the Yun, it is therefore probably con- 

 tiguous, and may be the northern Laos. 



41. " The crow conftellation eleven circles has, and 

 " the Thayndua country." Thayndua is the moll 

 foutherly government in the prefent divifion of 

 the Arakan kingdom. 



42. " The Kyay fhip of twenty-eight circles." 



O 4 43- " Haynihay 



