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Fig. 1. 



they made the customary one to the entertainer himself. On the 

 constant repetition of this I asked " Who is it they shiko to ?" and was 

 told by the Thoogya, " to the Lord nat," and then recollected that 

 the nat shed stood in the direction of the obeisance which had: 

 puzzled me. 



The inhabitants even dared to tell me that the nat was " teg 

 sothe," very wicked, but in a confidential manner, as if they would 

 not at all like the nat to know they said so. 



The next morning, February 4th, was so foggy that I could see 

 nothing. After despatching some letters, by a chance but sale oppor- 

 tunity to Mandalay for posting, I went on shore about 10 A. M., de- 

 taining the canoe, and sending on the large boat. I went to tha 

 Thoogya who had collected half a dozen of the brick reliefs, all that 

 the village possessed, from which I selected three, and with the ready 

 consent of the Thoogya brought them away. I then started for 

 Pagan, and the Thoogya determined to accompany me. We passed 

 out by a gateway in the east wall, north of that by which I had 

 entered yesterday — where the direction of the wall was N. E. and 

 S. W. ? and after walking through jungle in a southerly direction 



