200 ON THE RELIGION AND 



43. " Hayntha, a conflellation of feven circles, be- 

 " longs to Radanapura.'' Radanapura is the po- 

 lite name for old Ava. The Hayntha is that beau- 

 tiful fpecies of Anas called by the Englijh in 

 Bengal the Brahmney goofe. 



44. " Of Rohane the fnake s-head figure has ten cir- 

 " cles." Rohini of Sir William Jones. 



45. " Kiatteka has a fowl's pi8;ure, and fix circles." 



Criiica of Sir William Jones is the bull. The 

 names appear to be the fame. 



46. " Pagan country is governed by the old cock's 

 " figure." There are two cities called Pagan. 

 The great Pagan on the weft fide of the junftion 

 of the Kiayn-duayn and Ayrawade ; the lefler 

 Pagan lower down on the eaft fide of the Agra- 

 wade. 



47. " Of Athawane the horfe's head pi8ure has fix 

 " circles, and the Rakam country." Afwini, 

 which feems to be the fame name, is, according to 

 Sir William Jones, the ram. Arakan has ano- 

 ther conftellation No. 18. 



48. *' Pozoke a conftellation of eight circles belongs 

 " to the Talain country, like the Hayntha male 

 " and female." The two rival nations of Pegu 

 and Ava have chofen a fimilar emblem, fee 

 No. 43. The Talain have alfo another conftella- 

 tion, No. 9. 



49. " Ptdthata conftellation feven circles has, of the 



*' Raneezzee tree the fruit." 



50. " Aykatheitta a conftellation of four circles, of 

 *' Kale country the conftellation, is like a ba- 

 *' fon." Kale is a Shan city near the Kiaynduayn^ 

 about 300 miles N. E. from Ava. 



51. " Taroutlara conftellation two circles has, and 



" the Taroup country." This is the Burma name 

 for China. 



52. " Of Uttaraharagounne the bullock's picture two 

 " circles has." 



53. « Of Wednejday the Star." 



54. " Of Pyouppabaragounne the cow's pifture three 

 " circles has." 55. " Matha 



