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(N. 20° W.) and distant from the road perhaps 15 or 20 miles. After 
leaving En-bay, up to which place the cultivation of all the common grain 
of this country was almost uninterrupted, with large and numerous herds 
of cattle and villages at short distances,—the horizon to the westward 
was bounded by apparently a thin strip of palmyra trees, running some 
way north, then coming round to the eastward, increasing in 
numbers, crossing the road, and running on towards the hills; im- 
mediately within these, to the westward, is a grassy, apparently marshy, 
plain of some miles, and immediately on the borders of this, about quar- 
ter of a mile from the road, small clusters of huts called Tsha-doun, 
from the occupation of their inhabitants, who are salt-makers ; and 
between these andthe road, the paddy grounds, from which the salt is 
also obtained, continue to He-/en. i 
23rd. Time 8 h. distance 22 miles ; direction N. 40° W.; 8 a. mM. 
leave He-len, immediately after which, cross for a few minutes some 
high broken ground, at the foot of which cross some marshy grounds 
in the salt fields ; at 8 h. 30 m. the paddy fields and cattle of the village ; 
—9 h. 30 m. grassy plain with open jungle; 9 h. 45 m. jungle closer: 
—10 h. pass a small village of 10 or 12 houses, called Tha-men-khyet- 
tshain, or cooked-rice shop, where three people may dine well for 4 of 
a tikal ; the inhabitants of this place belong to Mout-tsho-bo, and come 
out here, and to some other villages of the samename in this neighbour- 
hood inthe fine monsoon, to keep these shops ;—10h. 30m. asmall vil- 
lage or salt station with its paddy ground and cattle ; 11h. 50 m. arrive at 
Mout-tsho-bo, famous as the birthplace of ALompra,a walled city of two 
miles square: the walls principally of bricks, partly of a kind of slate, 
are still in pretty good repair, though the city was at one time, since 
Atompra, entirely abandoned, and has only of late years been re-occupi- 
ed; it is said to contain 1000 houses, which I should think rather under 
than over the true estimate, though there are extensive paddy fields, 
(amongst which many of the descendants of Atompra are living by their 
labor) to the northward and westward, between the inner brick walls 
and the outer wall, or earthen mound, round which is the ditch. To 
the southward, there is no earthen wall, and the ditch is close to 
the brick walls. The inner small fort or rather palace enclosure (for 
it is without flanking defences of any sort, as indeed, is the large 
one to any extent), is entirely without inhabitants. The old palace 
nearly all down, and overgrown with long grass and creepers; it must 
have always been confined, as the LAwot-tau and platform for the gong 
for striking the hours are divided from it, within the same enclosure, 
by a brick wall. The large pagoda called Shwe-ta-za, or Nae wadi see 
