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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  sixth 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  Society 
  of 
  Bengal 
  

   for 
  1837, 
  page 
  245, 
  is 
  an 
  " 
  Abstract 
  of 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  a 
  Route 
  travelled 
  

   by 
  Captain 
  S. 
  F. 
  Hannay, 
  of 
  the 
  40th 
  Regiment 
  Native 
  Infantry, 
  from 
  

   the 
  capital 
  of 
  Ava 
  to 
  the 
  amber 
  mines 
  of 
  the 
  Hukong 
  valley, 
  on 
  the 
  

   south-east 
  frontier 
  of 
  Assam, 
  by 
  Captain 
  R. 
  Boileau 
  Pemberton, 
  44th 
  

   Regiment 
  Native 
  Infantry.-" 
  Captain 
  Hannay 
  thus 
  describes 
  the 
  situa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  serpentine 
  district 
  (meaning 
  of 
  course 
  jade-stone) 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  

   Chinese 
  frequently 
  proceed 
  to 
  the 
  mines 
  by 
  water 
  for 
  two 
  days' 
  journey 
  

   up 
  the 
  Mogoung 
  river 
  to 
  a 
  village 
  called 
  Kammein, 
  at 
  which 
  place 
  a 
  

   small 
  stream 
  called 
  Engdau-kyoung 
  falls 
  into 
  the 
  Mogoung 
  river. 
  From 
  

   thence 
  a 
  road 
  leads 
  along 
  the 
  Engdau-kyoung 
  to 
  a 
  lake 
  several 
  miles 
  in 
  

   circumference 
  called 
  Engdau-gyi, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  this 
  lake 
  eight 
  or 
  

   ten 
  miles 
  distant 
  are 
  the 
  serpentine 
  mines, 
  the 
  tract 
  of 
  country 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  serpentine 
  is 
  found 
  extending 
  eighteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  miles." 
  In 
  Pember- 
  

   ton's 
  map, 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  lake 
  is 
  Lat. 
  25° 
  25', 
  Long. 
  95° 
  0'. 
  

   Captain 
  Hannay 
  remarks 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Chinese 
  choose 
  pieces 
  which, 
  although 
  

   showing 
  a 
  rough 
  and 
  dingy 
  colored 
  exterior, 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  interior 
  

   lustre, 
  and 
  very 
  often 
  contain 
  spots 
  and 
  veins 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  bright 
  

   apple-green." 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  true 
  jade, 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Burmese 
  Kyouk-tsein 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Tueesli 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Editor 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  stone 
  called 
  

   by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  Yu 
  is 
  a 
  silicious 
  mineral, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Prase. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   amber 
  mines 
  a 
  very 
  brief 
  account 
  is 
  given, 
  those 
  producing 
  the 
  best 
  being 
  

   situated 
  30 
  miles 
  North-east 
  of 
  the 
  serpentine 
  locality. 
  The 
  mines 
  

   are 
  mere 
  pits, 
  6 
  to 
  15 
  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  3 
  feet 
  square, 
  the 
  only 
  

   implements 
  used 
  being 
  a 
  bamboo 
  sharpened 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  

   wooden 
  shovel. 
  " 
  The 
  soil 
  throughout 
  is 
  a 
  reddish 
  and 
  yellow 
  colored 
  

   clay 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  earth 
  in 
  those 
  pits 
  which 
  had 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  been 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  the 
  air, 
  had 
  a 
  smell 
  of 
  coal-tar, 
  whilst 
  in 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   recently 
  opened 
  the 
  soil 
  had 
  a 
  fine 
  aromatic 
  smell.-" 
  Elsewhere, 
  however, 
  

   Captain 
  Hannay 
  remarks 
  that 
  the 
  finest 
  amber 
  of 
  " 
  bright 
  pale-yellow 
  

   is 
  only 
  got 
  at 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  40 
  feet 
  under 
  ground." 
  

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  194 
  ), 
  

  

  