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wardand jungle on the eastward side, along which we proceed till 11 
h. 25 m. when the water is lost in the sand; halt till 12; then to 
Pa-doo-yee, where we halt at 3 h. 15 m. in a small bamboo Za-yat 
inthe jungle: the road has much the same character as yesterday, with 
the addition that some of the ravines close to the road have a consider- 
able appearance of danger; both sides of the first stream, along which 
we passed till 9h. 45 m., are well cultivated and inhabited, with many 
buffaloes and some black cattle. We followed the cart road of the val- 
ley till 11 h. 25m. when we left it to the eastward ; the jungle prin- 
cipally composed of En trees, with a considerable number of teak and 
Theet-tse trees: we have seen numerous marks of deer, wild hogs, and 
cows throughout the march ; passed some small pieces of petrified wood, 
but not nearly so abundant as yesterday. 
31st. Time 7 h. 45 m. distance 20 miles—direction N. 35° W. at 7h. 
45m. a. m. leave Pa-doo-ye, and proceed along a jungle path in all re- 
spects the same as that we have followed for the lasttwo days, 
till 4 ep. m., when we pass some paddy fields with a few buffaloes belong- 
ing to the small village of Balet, which consists only of 4 or 5 houses, 
at which we halted at 4h. 25 m. Some high hills to the westward of 
the Khyen-dwen, within a few miles of which this village is situated. 
One visible from this, bearing N. 80° W. distant 15 miles—direction of 
the range is about N. 10 W. 
lst February. Time nine hours; distance 25 miles; direction N. 20° 
W.; were nearly losing some of the horses in the night by a tiger, which 
has done a good deal of mischief between this and the next stage; 5 h. 
50 m. leave Balet by a sandy road, on the side of a small stream, 
with paddy fields along its banks, till 8 h. 30 m. when we halted at 
Ma-tsen to breakfast; had cold dew or fog all the morning, so hea- 
vy as to fall from the trees, as after a shower. We have had during 
the night ever since entering the jungle, and it will continue it is 
said till the beginning of the rains, which set in here about the mid« 
dle or end of this month. 10 h. 25 m. leave Ma-tsen, by a pretty 
good buggy road along the edge of the stream we have followed from 
Balet, and which here runs in a valley of about a mile in width. This 
valley is nearly all under cultivation, with a good many black cattle and 
buffaloes; it is bounded on the west by a low range of hills, and to the 
east by high hills running off in ridges to the northward; the little vil- 
lages in this valley go by the general name of Ma-tsen, and are said to 
amount in all to about 400 houses. 12h. 30 m. leave the valley, and 
cross some steep, but low hills, by a rugged path, in rather thick 
jungle, till 1 h. 20 m.; pass a small village. From this to Nanthee the 
