1836.] lying north of the Tenasserim Provinces. 625 



" The march to-day has been through a level country ; the jungle open with 

 long grass, and four or five small plains covered with small bamboos much cut up 

 by the jungle cattle. Elephants' tracks still intersecting in all directions. Saw 

 some rhinoceros' marks to-day ; their feet are smaller than the elephants, toes 

 more apart, and the nails longer ; — sent off two sick people to proceed down the 

 Ghine in boats, under charge of the head Careen. 



" 7th. Direction South, 20 East. Time, 2 hours, 30 minutes; distance, 

 7 miles. 



"8.30. Proceeded along a good path and level. — 9. 30. Plain with long 

 grass. At 10. 45 large plain and paddy stubble covered with upwards of two 

 hundred buffaloes belonging to the Careen village of twenty-eight or thirty 

 houses called Twine-woot or Twine-lot. — 11. Halted at the end of a plain. 



" 8th. Direction South, 35 West. Time, 2 hours, 20 minutes ; distance, 

 10 miles. 



" 10. 10. Proceeded along the level path, through a country of the same 

 character as yesterday. — 2. Bed of the Tham-bou 63 river. — 2. 30. Halted at a 

 broken bridge over the Atsong Si river on the high road from Martaban to the 

 town of Gyne, about ten miles from Gyne, and at an equal distance from Domi~ 

 tha 85 , and within sound of the evening gun of Maulamyne. The town of Gyne 

 was destroyed in a revolt of the Talines about twenty years ago. 



" The road to-day good and level ; very beautiful plains, less water than usual, 

 but plenty for cattle and passengers. 



" 9th. Direction South, 20 West. Time, fi hours ; distance, 17 miles. 



" 8. 10. Route continues through level grassy plain with occasional patches 

 of jungle. — 11. 11. Paddy stubble. — 2. 10. Halted near the Thaung-thoo vil- 

 lage of Naung-laung 95 , containing about thirty houses, and probably about 200 

 inhabitants: found here a body of about one hundred of the annual caravans of 

 the Shan-Gaung-bee S7 Shans, who have been nearly four months on the road from 

 their own country in the north. The road to-day level, and generally free from 

 jungle, through plains of fine long grass. The path has been extremely tortuous, 

 and for the last two hours most unnecessarily winding in all manner of directions 

 through a plain of short grass or paddy stubble. The whole of the plains in this 

 neighbourhood are covered with rich green grass, enough for the subsistence of 

 an immense number of cattle throughout the dry season. The waters of the 

 monsoon recede very late from this part of the country, and at that season 

 boats pole across this plain to Yam-soline* 8 , and from thence up the creeks to 

 Shewe-Ghin* 9 , and Toungoo 90 . 



"The path along the plain was much exposed to the sun, and many of the 

 Talines, who suffer more from the sun than the natives of India, were ten hours 

 on the march. 



" \0th. Direction North, 20 East. Time, 8 hours; distance, 26 miles. 



" 7. 15. Marched along the continuation of the plain till 1. 45, when 

 we halted a few hours at Dzadi-been 91 . — 6. 30. From this proceeded in boats to 

 Maulamyne, where we arrived at 9. 20 p. m. 



[To be continued.] 

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