112 CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT 



1552 B. C (= 161 1 y. 239II d. — "60 years '' of Gen. xxv. 26), Esau and Jacob born to Isaac 

 and Rebekah. 



1550 B. C. = " 5th year of Tutmas III.," date of a contract, written on papyrus, — and now in 

 the museum at Turin (Champ.- Figeac). 



" 1549 B. C. = 1st year of Wa'i-jen, of the Chang " or Fourth dynasty — (Chinese chron. table). 



1539 B. C. = " 16th year of the joint reign of Amun-u-hnumut and her brother Tutmas III.," 

 in a tablet at Wady Maghara, re-opening of the mines there, abandoned since the Twelfth dynasty. 

 — (Birch). 



As early perhaps as this date (Graha Munjari tables, Puranas, and Bentley as. res. viii. p. 231), 

 Viswamitra reigning in Hindustan. 



Burmah at this time inhabited.* 



1536 B. C. = " 55th year of Phoroneus " (in Africanus, see also Philochor., Hellan., Thall., 

 Tatian, and Clem. Alex.), the Deluge of Ogyges in Greece. Or (according to Castor) the city of 

 Eleusis founded in this reign by Ogyges. Phoroneus and Ogyges are also made contemporary by 

 Acusilaus : and " Ogygia " (according to Strabo, and Pausan. ix. 5. 1) was the ancient name of 

 Boeotian Thebes. 



* Dillenia tha-byu of Burmah. Called there " tha byu," and from early times its fruit affording 

 sustenance to man ; — enumerated by Mason 450 and 532 as edible, the tree indigenous and not exactly 

 agreeing with descriptions of D. speciosa. 



Dillenia scabra of Burmah. From early times its fruit affording sustenance to man, — described 

 by Mason v. 473 as large, "brought to bazar green and considered a favorite vegetable with the 

 natives," the tree confined to " the borders of streams." 



Uvaria grandiflora of Burmah. A scandent shrub called there " ta-bwot," its fruit from early 

 times affording sustenance, — having according to Mason v. 452 and 740 "the taste and appearance 

 of the North American pawpaw," and " abounding in the jungles." 



Staculia alata of the Siamese countries. Called by residents Boodli's cocoa-nut, and from early 

 times the winged seeds of its large fruit affording sustenance, — sometimes according to Mason v. 

 448 eaten by the natives, the tree " handsome," growing in Tenasserim : described also by Roxburgh. 



Pierardia sapota of Tropical Eastern Asia. A small tree called in Burmah " ka na-zo," its fruit 

 from early times affording sustenance ; — described by Mason v. 451 as " one of the best and most 

 plentiful of the jungle fruits," the "bunches resembling large grapes," and not as yet cultivated. 

 Farther South, was observed by Jack in the Straits of Malacca. 



Sleichtra kyet-mouk of Burmah. A tree called there " kyet-mouk," and from early times its fruit 

 affording sustenance, — according to Mason v. 454 " rarely seen in market, but would be a valuable 

 addition to the dessert ; " indigenous "among the hills of Tavoy.'' 



Bouca oppositifolia of Burmah. A tree called there " ma-yan," by residents opposite-leaved 

 mango, and from early times its fruit affording nutriment: — indigenous according to Mason v. 448, 

 and one variety "intensely sour," the other "as insipidly sweet." Described also by Roxburgh 

 i. 640 : and farther West, introduced by Nimmo in 1833 into the environs of Bombay (Graham). 



Bauhinia sheen-byat of Burmah. A small timber tree called "sheen-brat," and from early times 

 affording nutriment; — according to Mason v. 531 "bearing a sour leaf," and its "pod containing 

 sweet pulp." 



Willughbeia Martabanica of Burmah. Called there " theet-kyouk-nway," its fruit from early 

 times affording sustenance ; — according to Mason v. 457 "large as an apple " and "of an agreeable 

 acid taste but abounds in a milky juice," is termed by residents "a kind of fig," and is indigenous "in 

 the forests : " is described also by Wallich. 



Bignonia (Spatlwdea) s/ipulata of Burmah. Called there " bet-than," and its flowers from early 

 times affording nutriment, — according to Mason v. 411 and 543 brought to market for food ; the tree 

 being "common at Maulmain," employed by the natives as "a cure for psora," and its wood (accord- 

 ing to Berdmore) for "making furniture, paddles, etc. : " described also by Wallich. 



Artocarpus echinatiis of Burmah. A tree called there " toung-peing-nai," or by residents moun- 

 tain-jack, and from early times its " echinated agreeably acid fruit " affording sustenance ; — its timber 

 according to Mason v. 462 and 541 considered valuable " by the natives especially for canoes : " de- 

 scribed also by Roxburgh. 



Artocarpus myouk-loke-ngay of Burmah. A tree called there " myouk-loke-ngay," and from 

 early times its orange-colored fruit affording sustenance ; — described by Mason v. 462 as resemblinc 

 "in taste a custard apple and in appearance a fig," and " not scarce " in the forests. 



Macrocladus .... of Burmah. A palm, its terminal cluster of unexpanded young fronds from 

 early times affording sustenance, — having " the taste of cabbage " according to Mason v. 426, and 

 growing indigenous in various districts. 



