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  The 
  common 
  amber 
  costs 
  " 
  2| 
  tickals 
  a 
  viss, 
  or 
  four 
  rupees 
  for 
  one 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  seer." 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  shall 
  hereafter 
  show, 
  serpentine 
  is 
  pretty 
  common 
  in 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Pegu, 
  and 
  is 
  doubtless 
  also 
  common 
  within 
  the 
  territories 
  of 
  Ava, 
  but 
  

   the 
  ' 
  serpentine' 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  extracts 
  is 
  jade 
  (or, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  Prase), 
  

   which 
  alone 
  is 
  worked 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  for 
  exportation. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  

   aware 
  that 
  the 
  serpentine 
  of 
  Burmah, 
  properly 
  so 
  called, 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  any 
  

   use 
  whatever. 
  

  

  I 
  need 
  not 
  here 
  quote 
  from 
  any 
  more 
  papers 
  having 
  reference 
  to 
  

   Burmah, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Asiatic 
  

   Society 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  as 
  they 
  all 
  have 
  reference 
  more 
  to 
  those 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Empire 
  with 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  at 
  present 
  concerned 
  than 
  to 
  Pegu, 
  as 
  for 
  

   instance, 
  Arakan, 
  Assam, 
  Moulmein, 
  Tavoy, 
  and 
  Mergui. 
  

  

  I 
  must 
  not, 
  however, 
  pass 
  over 
  without 
  mention 
  two 
  papers 
  in 
  the 
  

   Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society, 
  2nd 
  Series, 
  Vol. 
  II, 
  by 
  the 
  

   Reverend 
  William 
  Buckland, 
  d.d., 
  and 
  W. 
  Clift, 
  Esq., 
  giving 
  an 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  between 
  Prome 
  and 
  Ava, 
  and 
  describing 
  

   the 
  fossils 
  brought 
  from 
  that 
  region 
  by 
  J. 
  Crawfurd, 
  Esq., 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  

   from 
  a 
  mission 
  to 
  the 
  Burmese 
  Court. 
  From 
  the 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  

   contained 
  in 
  this 
  collection, 
  Mr. 
  Sowerby 
  was 
  inclined 
  to 
  refer 
  the 
  beds 
  

   yielding 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  epoch 
  of 
  the 
  London 
  Clay 
  ; 
  but 
  though 
  Nummu- 
  

   litic 
  rocks 
  occur 
  at 
  no 
  great 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  below 
  Thayet-mio, 
  

   it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  fossils 
  examined 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  came 
  from 
  beds 
  which 
  

   more 
  recent 
  examination 
  has 
  shown 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Miocene 
  era. 
  The 
  

   vertebrate 
  remains 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  genera 
  : 
  

   Mastodon 
  (M. 
  latidens, 
  Clift, 
  and 
  M. 
  Elephantoides, 
  Clift) 
  ; 
  Hippopota- 
  

   mus, 
  Sus, 
  Rhinoceros, 
  Tapir, 
  Ox, 
  Deer, 
  and 
  Antelope. 
  A 
  Trionyx 
  and 
  

   Emys, 
  among 
  Reptiles 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  Leptorynchus, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  

   Crocodilus 
  resembling 
  C. 
  vulgaris 
  (or 
  perhaps 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  C. 
  palustris, 
  

   the 
  local 
  race 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  day, 
  which 
  at 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  in 
  

   question 
  was 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  Nilotic 
  C. 
  vulgaris). 
  Dr. 
  Buck- 
  

  

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