64 Journal of a Mission from Ava to Kendat. [Frs. 
27th. Time 9 h. 15 m. distance 25 miles,—direction N. 80° W. ; 
7h. 35 m. leave Myagoo ; at 8 h. pass a small village, where sugar is 
made; 9 h. 30m. another small village, of 5 or 6 houses, —small stream. 
12 h. cross the wide bed of a nameless mountain stream, in which the 
stream of water at this season is not ankle-deep; from this there is a 
slight gradual ascent ;—at 4 h. pass the village Yowa-ngay, 20 houses; 
4h. 50m. halt at Benthee in the jungle. No village, and very little 
water; the road has been as good as usual, but entirely in the jungle. 
Since 9 h. 30 m. with the exception of the little village of Yowa-ngay*, 
we have seen neither inhabitants, cultivation, nor cattle, and the pal- 
myra has entirely disappeared; the jungle has been open, principally 
composed of Ent} trees; some teaks of fair size, and a great number 
of Theet-tse trees. 
28th. Time 6 h. 30 m. distance 19 miles; direction S. 60° W. 7 
h. 30 m. leave Benthee; 8 h. 15 m. pass the end of a deep ravine, 
running N. from the road. Since noon, yesterday, have been ascend- 
ing ;—now (8 h. 45 m.) descend} into the broad bed of a river (without 
a name), along which in deep sand, the road runs all the way to 
Thoun-bouk, when it falls into the Khyendwen, and along which a 
small stream of water finds its way, occasionally on the surface, oc- 
casionally lost in the sand; the banks, which are of soft sandstone, 
vary from 20 to 100 feet, often perpendicular; sometimes on both, 
sometimes only on one side of the river, the other being low, covered 
with jungle, as the high banks are to their edges. In width the river 
varies from 40 to 120 yards, or more; and in the sand are many larger 
rolled masses of granite and sienite; but I saw no other rock in situ but 
the argillaceous sandstone, of which the whole of the bank is composed, 
and which is in a state of decomposition wherever it is exposed to the 
action of the atmosphere. 11 h. Kimdogue,asmall village, with 10 or 12 
houses, some cattle, baffaloes, and cultivation about it; there is a ravine, 
running away to the N. W. and a small stream comes down from the 
westward, running apparently in much the same description of bed as 
that down which we have come, which joins here; and the ground is more 
* This is the only village left of several very large ones,which were situated here, 
and were destroyed by robbers before Bundoola, who immediately preceded the 
present governor, was appointed to this province ; they came from Lado, about 11 
miles S. E. of Moutshobo. Their chiefs, wearing gold chattahs, ransacked the country 
sometimes with 2000 followers. Bundoola however cleared the country, which has 
remained quiet since, and travelling now is perfectly safe. 
+ A large forest tree; the timber of which is used in boat-building, and the 
leaves in the thatching of houses where grass is scarce. 
t All the streams to the eastward fall into the Moo, those to the westward into 
the Khyendwen. 
