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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  8. 
  Argentiferous 
  galena; 
  | 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  silver, 
  with 
  slight 
  contamination 
  of 
  

  

  copper 
  and 
  zinc. 
  

  

  9. 
  Crystallized 
  oxide 
  of 
  lead 
  or 
  litharge. 
  

  

  Analysis. 
  Oxide 
  of 
  lead 
  ... 
  ... 
  ... 
  99 
  - 
  

  

  „ 
  iron 
  and 
  copper 
  ... 
  ... 
  TO 
  

  

  1000 
  

  

  10. 
  Platina. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  account 
  is 
  also 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  an 
  abstract 
  of 
  

  

  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Major 
  Burney, 
  Resident 
  at 
  the 
  Court 
  of 
  Ava, 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  

  

  employed 
  to 
  collect 
  platinum 
  in 
  the 
  streams 
  of 
  Northern 
  Burmah. 
  Major 
  

  

  Burney 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  "A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  the 
  platina 
  ore 
  is 
  brought 
  from 
  some 
  

  

  mountain 
  torrents 
  or 
  small 
  streams 
  which 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  Kyendween 
  river 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  westward, 
  near 
  a 
  town 
  called 
  Kannee" 
  Kannee 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  

  

  Burmese 
  name 
  signifying 
  ( 
  red 
  bank/ 
  and 
  is 
  nearly 
  the 
  equivalent 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Bengal 
  word 
  ' 
  Rangamuttia' 
  applied 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  Bhagirathi 
  river, 
  

  

  where 
  a 
  bluff 
  of 
  the 
  older 
  alluvium 
  is 
  scarped 
  by 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  by 
  its 
  

  

  contrast 
  of 
  color 
  with 
  the 
  newer 
  alluvium 
  has 
  suggested 
  the 
  name 
  

  

  Rangauiuttia 
  (colored 
  earth), 
  as 
  similar 
  sites 
  in 
  Burmah, 
  are, 
  for 
  a 
  similar 
  

  

  reason, 
  termed 
  'Kannee.' 
  The 
  Kannee 
  or 
  Kannee-myo 
  on 
  the 
  Kyendween 
  

  

  river 
  is 
  situated 
  70 
  miles 
  West-north-west 
  from 
  Amerapura 
  according 
  

  

  to 
  Pembertou's 
  map. 
  Describing 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  collecting 
  the 
  platinum, 
  

  

  Major 
  Burney 
  writes 
  — 
  " 
  it 
  is 
  collected 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  curious 
  manner, 
  as 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Lane 
  is 
  informed, 
  although 
  he 
  hesitates 
  to 
  believe 
  the 
  fact. 
  The 
  

  

  horns 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  wild 
  cow, 
  in 
  the 
  country 
  called 
  T'sain, 
  perhaps 
  the 
  

  

  same 
  as 
  the 
  Nylgao 
  of 
  India., 
  have 
  a 
  velvet 
  coat 
  before 
  the 
  animal 
  reaches 
  

  

  the 
  a»e 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  ; 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  horns 
  are 
  taken 
  and 
  

  

  fixed 
  in 
  the 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  streams, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  

  

  when 
  the 
  water 
  subsides, 
  a 
  cloth 
  is 
  put 
  down 
  over 
  each 
  horn 
  separately, 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  horns 
  and 
  cloth, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  sand 
  around 
  it, 
  

  

  are 
  taken 
  up 
  together. 
  The 
  horns 
  appear 
  to 
  collect 
  around 
  them 
  a 
  good 
  

  

  deal 
  of 
  gold-dust, 
  which 
  the 
  streams 
  have 
  washed 
  down, 
  and 
  with 
  this 
  

  

  dust, 
  grains 
  of 
  platina 
  are 
  found 
  mixed." 
  

  

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