﻿PHYSICAL 
  GEOGRAPHY. 
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  only 
  have 
  been 
  hazarded 
  by 
  this 
  astute 
  foreigner 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  grounded 
  

   conviction 
  of 
  the 
  enormous 
  number 
  of 
  gullible 
  people 
  at 
  large 
  in 
  the 
  

   world. 
  

  

  The 
  geological 
  survey 
  of 
  Pegu 
  was 
  commenced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blan- 
  

   ford 
  in 
  1860, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Fedden. 
  In 
  two 
  seasons 
  these 
  gen- 
  

   tlemen 
  had 
  completed 
  the 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  districts 
  of 
  Henzada 
  and 
  

   Bassein, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Rangoon 
  district 
  likewise. 
  Mr. 
  Blanford 
  

   was 
  now 
  transferred 
  to 
  Bombay 
  ; 
  and, 
  after 
  a 
  brief 
  interval, 
  Mr. 
  Fedden 
  

   was 
  deputed 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Lieutenant 
  Watson 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Salwin, 
  and 
  eventually 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  Bombay 
  in 
  

   1865, 
  after 
  having 
  examined 
  a 
  considerable 
  area 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  

   Western 
  Prome 
  under 
  the 
  serious 
  disadvantage 
  of 
  having 
  no 
  adequate 
  

   map 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  to 
  work 
  with. 
  Since 
  that 
  date 
  the 
  survey 
  has 
  

   been 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  myself, 
  interrupted 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  Europe 
  on 
  

   furlough, 
  during 
  which, 
  all 
  field-work 
  remained 
  in 
  abeyance. 
  It 
  will 
  

   only 
  be, 
  therefore, 
  incidentally 
  that 
  my 
  colleagues' 
  names 
  will 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  when 
  alluding 
  to 
  such 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  as 
  were 
  examined 
  

   and 
  reported 
  on 
  by 
  them 
  ; 
  it 
  being 
  understood 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   their 
  manuscript 
  reports 
  and 
  maps 
  for 
  much 
  information 
  respecting 
  the 
  

   districts 
  examined 
  by 
  them 
  during 
  the 
  earlier 
  years 
  of 
  the 
  survey. 
  

  

  II. 
  — 
  Physical 
  Geography. 
  

  

  Area. 
  — 
  The 
  province 
  of 
  Pegu, 
  though 
  inferior 
  in 
  area 
  and 
  population 
  

   to 
  Tenasserim, 
  is 
  — 
  from 
  its 
  geographical 
  position 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  countries 
  

   situated 
  along 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Irrawadi 
  and 
  Western 
  China, 
  of 
  

   which 
  it 
  constitutes, 
  commercially 
  speaking, 
  the 
  gate 
  — 
  the 
  most 
  import- 
  

   ant 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  provinces 
  into 
  which 
  British 
  Burmah 
  is 
  divided. 
  

  

  These 
  provinces 
  are 
  Arakan,' 
  with 
  an 
  area 
  in 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  18,630, 
  

   population 
  453,314 
  ; 
  Pegu 
  (exclusive 
  of 
  Tonghoo) 
  28,404, 
  population 
  

   1,403,631; 
  and 
  Tenasserim, 
  including 
  Tonghoo, 
  46,050, 
  population 
  

   2,483,861; 
  giving 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  square 
  miles 
  93,084, 
  population 
  4,340,806. 
  

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