280 Notes on the Geology, #c. of Maulamyeng. [Mat, 



I had neither time nor opportunity for ascertaining whether silver ore 

 does so exist ; pieces of copper green, iron pyrites, and lead ore*, deem- 

 ed useless and cast aside by those in pursuit of silver, were strewed 

 around the place, and for the first time, in this part of the world, I 

 observed Anthracite dispersed in thin seams through the limestone 

 rock. The figure of the limestone is not a little singular ; emerging 

 from the clay-slate at the upper part of the mountain, and confined to 

 a line of 20 or 30 yards, the strata rise at a considerable angle, at- 

 taining an elevation of 90 or 100 feet, so that the exterior form of the 

 limestone is that of a huge block, resting upon the hill, unconnect- 

 ed with any rock of the same class. This structure is common to 

 the limestone throughout the whole of the bo-thowng chain ; but 

 notwithstanding its peculiarity of form, the stratification is perfectly 

 distinct ; the dip of the strata being to the N. E. or E. N. E. precisely 

 similar to that of the sandstone or clay-slate, with which it alternates." 

 The above notes were hastily arranged on my return from Maula- 

 myeng ; my residence at that place was necessarily short, and I am aware 

 that much still remains deserving the attention of those who will pos- 

 sess the leisure and opportunities that I was not fortunate enough to 

 enjoy. The field is stored with much that is valuable to the Antiquarian, 

 the Botanist, and the lover of Natural History. I trust that others 

 will, ere long, lay before the public the treasures it contains. 



Note. — The inscription brought by Capt. Foley, from the Damatha 

 cave, is certainly the most enigmatical that has yet puzzled the anti- 

 quarian. I have lithographed it in Plate X., and with the assistance 

 of Ratna Paula, now furnish a copy in the Roman character : 

 Line 1. — sakkarak hi kun, 30 — 65 nhan, sakkarak lri kun, 4015061, nhan, 

 sakkarak kun lri. 

 2. — 50 — 45 nhan, sakkar&k lri kun, 603304 nhafi, sakkarak lri kun, 



790 nhan, sakkarak 

 3.— lri kun, 370 nhan, sakkarak lri kun, 408 — 409 nhan, sakkarak, lri 



kun, 604 — 30 nhan nhan. 

 4. — sakkarak hi kun, 3096-5-0 nhan, sakkar&k lri kun, 303 — 50 nhan, 



sakkarak lri 

 5. — kun 508309 nhan, sakkarak lri kim, 306060 nhan, sakkarak lri kun 



60—303—5 

 6. — nhan sakkarak lri kun, 407—50 nhan, sakkarak kun lri kun, 6030304, 



nhan, sakkar&k lri 

 7. — kun 401501 nhan, sakkarak lri kun, 305602 nhan, sakkarak lri kun, 

 503—704 nhan. 

 All that can be predicated of this curious text is, that it contains 

 either some profound and unintelligible calculation, or that it is a 

 * On analysis, it appeared to he an " arseniate of lead." 



