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  THEOBALD 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  PEGU. 
  

  

  Geological 
  Survey, 
  Vol. 
  VI, 
  p. 
  67), 
  and 
  need 
  not 
  be 
  farther 
  dwelt 
  on, 
  as 
  

   they 
  now 
  possess 
  no 
  economic 
  value 
  whatever. 
  

  

  Steatite.— 
  -The 
  great 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  steatite 
  pencils 
  used 
  in 
  Burmah 
  

   for 
  writing, 
  comes 
  from 
  mines 
  situated 
  m 
  Upper 
  Burmah. 
  An 
  identical 
  

   material, 
  but 
  not 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  occurs, 
  as 
  already 
  described, 
  

   at 
  numerous 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  Arakan 
  range, 
  and 
  is 
  sought 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  

   villagers 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood, 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  as 
  the 
  imported 
  

   steatite. 
  In 
  Pegu, 
  however, 
  the 
  veins 
  of 
  this 
  mineral 
  would 
  not 
  usually 
  

   afford 
  such 
  long 
  sticks 
  as 
  are 
  imported 
  from 
  Ava. 
  These 
  foreign 
  pencils 
  

   are 
  square 
  sticks, 
  sawn 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  block, 
  with 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  or 
  rather 
  less, 
  and 
  from 
  four 
  to 
  six 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  Hot 
  springs.— 
  Rot 
  springs, 
  though 
  numerous 
  in 
  Martaban 
  and 
  

   Tenasserim 
  provinces 
  to 
  the 
  South, 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  Pegu. 
  The 
  only 
  hot 
  

   spring 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  Pegu 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Bulay 
  stream, 
  under 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Kwon-bulay, 
  in 
  lat. 
  19° 
  15', 
  long. 
  95° 
  16'. 
  As, 
  however, 
  

   the 
  spring 
  issues 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  stream, 
  I 
  cannot 
  give 
  its 
  proper 
  tem- 
  

   perature, 
  as 
  when 
  I 
  first 
  visited 
  it, 
  the 
  pools 
  were 
  evidently 
  mixed 
  with 
  

   iver 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  time 
  I 
  visited 
  it, 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  was 
  

   entirely 
  hidden 
  by 
  ^, 
  sandbank. 
  I 
  may 
  as 
  well 
  here 
  record 
  a 
  hot 
  spring 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Sandoway 
  river, 
  discovered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bunbury, 
  

   an 
  energetic 
  officer 
  of 
  police, 
  when 
  in 
  pursuit 
  of 
  some 
  escaped 
  con- 
  

   victs. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  lat. 
  18° 
  6' 
  20" 
  and 
  long. 
  94° 
  54' 
  0". 
  I 
  

   attempted 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  spot 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  the 
  discoverer, 
  but 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  difficulties 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  had 
  to 
  abandon 
  the 
  attempt, 
  the 
  precise 
  

   locality 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  is 
  therefore 
  given 
  on 
  Mr. 
  Bunbury's 
  authority. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Sandoway 
  river 
  is, 
  however, 
  totally 
  

   nnsurveyed 
  and 
  very 
  impracticable. 
  I 
  may 
  also 
  add, 
  that 
  when 
  visiting 
  

   the 
  lead 
  locality 
  near 
  Tonghoo, 
  I 
  discovered 
  a 
  hot 
  spring, 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  

   be 
  little 
  known, 
  near 
  the 
  Kayenchoung. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  in 
  lat. 
  19° 
  10' 
  30" 
  

   and 
  long. 
  96° 
  35' 
  0". 
  It 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  stream, 
  so 
  its 
  tem- 
  

   perature 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  estimated. 
  I 
  had 
  no 
  thermometer 
  with 
  me, 
  but 
  

   the 
  water, 
  I 
  should 
  say, 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  pool 
  nowhere 
  exceeded 
  115°. 
  

  

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