614 An account of some of the Petty States [Oct. 



" I5tk. Direction North, 60 East. Time, 7 hours ; distance, 21 miles. 



" S. 5. Road good, passable for bandies. — 12. 20. Grassy plains intersected 

 with jungle. — 1. Western hills distant 20 miles ; eastern hills, 4 miles ; hills 

 n sight to the northward. — 1. 30. Paddy ground ; numbers of buffaloes and 

 black cattle. — 2. 10. Halted between the village of Bansan-kanoy 50 and Ban- 

 s otipta 51 on the western bank of the May-ta M , a small stream, which falls into the 

 May-qitang 53 about a quarter of a mile from this, and from thence into the May- 

 ping a quarter of a mile further to the south-west. 



" The road to-day has been very good, much frequented and passable for a 

 bullock cart ; throughout marks of recent inundation are still very visible ; 

 oranges, pummaloes, pine apple, mangoe, palmyra, cocoanut, guavas, and other 

 fruits are abundant ; the first and the cocoanut are the only two now in season. 

 The people have much improved in appearance ; some of the women and chil- 

 dren are nearly as fair as Europeans : many of the latter with light hair ; the 

 eyes are large and expressive, not at all like the Chinese ; the nose, however, is 

 small, like the Burman. 



" They have had a report current here for the last month, that the English 

 were coming up with 1,000 men, which has alarmed them a good deal. A letter 

 has been dispatched to the people here to-day, telling them who I am, and order- 

 ing them to supply me with every thing I want ; and the messenger begged 

 I would remain here two or three days, till the road was made smooth and every 

 thing ready for my reception at the capital. There is no way of avoiding their 

 ridiculous delays." 



Dr. R. was delayed here a few days, on the plea of preparing for 

 his reception, and ascertaining from the astrologers a lucky day for 

 his visit. 



" 20th. Direction North, 20 East. Time, 2 hours, 10 minutes ; distance, 

 6 miles. 



11 10. 20. Started on horseback with ten or twelve elephants, each having a 

 little either of my baggage or presents. At 11. 35 I was met by the second 

 son-in-law of the Tsoboa, the 3rd chief of the province, with fifcy elephants. On 

 each were mounted some of the numerous relations of the chiefs. They had 

 brought a spare elephant for me, on which after complimentary speeches of 

 welcome, I mounted, and we continued our march ; the elephant on which I rode 

 being last. In this procession we proceeded slowly towards the town, occasion- 

 ally stopping to let the elephants pull the pine apple plants and plantain trees 

 out of the gardens of the poor people, with whom the chiefs chatted on the 

 most familiar terms. 



" At 12. 30 we arrived at this spot, about a mile from the town, which they 

 had fixed on for my encampment. My tent was already pitched in a little 

 square of sheds, which they had built for the people. The chiefs remained 

 with me about an hour, examined the muskets, talked of our soldiers, &c, and 

 then took their leave. On inquiry I found there were two chiefs from Lagon, 

 but none from Zimmay present. There is only a small portion of the walls of 

 the fort visible from this, and none of the houses ; and from the immense 

 number of cocoanut and betelnut trees growing inside, it has more the appear- 

 ance of a forest than a fort ; the tops of two pagodas (one of which is gilt) are 



