446 Some account of the Wars between Burmah and China. [June, 



under the Tsoun-tu are accompanied by six, four, or two men, according 

 to the respective rank of such officers. Whenever all these officers, in- 

 cluding the Tsoun-tus, go abroad, a salute of three guns is fired, and at 

 every military post, of which there is one at every two miles on the road, 

 a salute of three guns is fired, when these officers arrive at those military 

 posts. The Tsoun.ta, Ti-tu, Ti-taik, Kheng-taik, Shyin-taik, Tauk- 

 taik with the civil officers Phu-taik, Phii-khueng, Tso-khueng and Yeng- 

 tse, every night at 9 o'clock shut their doors, fire three guns, and 

 go to sleep. At dawn in the morning the doors of their houses are open- 

 ed, and a salute of three guns is fired. The Tsoun-tu, Ti-tu, Phil-taik 

 and all the other military and civil officers perform the public service on 

 monthly wages, paid agreeably to their respective ranks. In order that 

 the money of the poor may not be diminished, those who deserve flogging 

 are flogged, and those who deserve imprisonment are imprisoned, (mean- 

 ing that there are no fines.) 



" In the empire of China there are no leaf palm, palmyra, mango, jack, 

 betelnut, plantain, tamarind, lime, guava, or custard-apple trees. The 

 trees which grow before you reach Pekin, in the neighbourhood of Mo:- 

 myin, Yu-nan and Kue-chow, are walnuts, chestnuts, pears, firs, wild pal- 

 myras, wild plantain trees, pumplemoos and oranges. In the city of 

 Pekin there are not any large trees or bamboos, or fire-wood for cooking, 

 as there are at Ava ; there are fir trees only. Food is cooked with coal, 

 and there is a separate bill from which the coal is brought. 



" Between JBa-mo and the city of Pekin there are 120 stages, and a dis- 

 tance of 6,944,000 cubits. We halted in 59 cities and 59 villages, and 

 twice in the jungle, making altogether 120 stages. We left Ava for China 

 on the 18th June, 1823, and retux-ned to Ava on the 14th March, 1825." 



Route of a journey from the city of Ava to the city of Pekin, travelled by 

 a Mission deputed by the King of Ava to the Emperor of China in the 

 year 1823. — (Literally translated from the Burmese official docu- 

 ment.) 



16th June, 

 1823. 



20th. 



21st. 

 -22nd. 

 23rd. 



26th. 

 27th. 



Left the city of Ava, and proceeded 

 to the city of Ama-ra-p{i*ra, where 

 the mission stopped a day to com- 

 plete the equipment of their boats, 



Villages of Men-guon and Shya- 

 yaung, 



Village of Nga-bat- khyaung (river), 



Villages of Youn-pen and Ka-pyut,. . 



Chokey of Tsdm-bay-na-go, where 

 the mission stopped two days, as 

 there was no wind, and the boat- 

 men were changed, 



City of Kyan-nhyat, 



City of Ta-gaung, .., 



4 

 10 

 10 



8 



9 



10 



* The estimated distances 

 are given in the Burmese 

 taing, equal to 2 miles 293| 

 yds. ; in round terms, two 

 miles or one coss. 



