JOURNAL 



OB THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



No. III. 1862. 



Account of a visit to Puppa doting, an extinct volcano in Upper 

 Burma. — By William T. Blaufokd, F. G. S. 



The isolated peak of Puppa* doung (more commonly but incor- 

 rectly written Paopa doung) must have attracted the attention of 

 every one who has passed along the Irawaddi valley between Yenan- 

 khyoung and Minkhyan. For some distance below and above Pagan, 

 especially, it is a most conspicuous object, and there is certainly no 

 hill seen from the Irawaddi between Rangoon and Ava, nor perhaps 

 until the Shwe-u-toung is seen from Male, which forms an equally 

 striking feature in the varying and picturesque landscape of the river 

 valley. This is not because Puppa is much higher than other moun- 

 tains seen from the river, many of the more lofty portions of the 

 Arakan Yoma must nearly ecpial it in elevation, but they are far less 

 prominent, because they only rise slightly above the remainder of 

 the range, the general contour of which is rounded and uninterest- 

 ing ; while Puppa stands completely alone, its steep sides and craggy 

 top, the latter frequently capped with clouds, towering majestically 

 over the low ridges of sandstone sparsely scattered over the country 

 in its neighbourhood. From the difficulty of access to the interior 

 of upper Burma, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the river 

 Irawaddi below the capital, Puppa, has, so far as I am aware, never 

 been reached by any European ; and, therefore, although my visit 

 was most hasty, a short account of it may prove interesting, by 



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