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Report of a Visit to the Pakchan River, and of some Tin localities in 

 the southern portion of the Tenasserim Provinces. By Captain G. B. 

 Tremenheere, F. G. S. Executive Engineer, Tenasserim Provinces. 

 With a Map and Section of the Peninsula. 



1. The boundary between our provinces and the Siamese territory at 

 the south and western extremity of Tenasserim, has never been dis- 

 tinctly defined. 



After a correspondence with the Court of Bangkok, it had been 

 arranged that an agent on their part should meet Mr. Commissioner 

 Blundell on the Pakchan river on the 1st of March, where evidence 

 was to be heard on both sides, and the question finally settled. The 

 departure of the Commissioner from Maulmain was unavoidably delayed 

 till the 4th of March. At Mr. Blundell's request, I formed one of his 

 party in the H. C. Steamer Hoogly, and touching at Amherst and 

 Mergui, entered the Pakchan river on the 10th of March. 



2. The entrance is about two miles wide, affording ample room 

 and deep water for the admission of ships of the largest burthen. The 

 numerous islands which range along either shore of this fine river, and 

 the bold hilly country beyond, afford views which would be thought 

 picturesque in any country. For the first ten miles it is very slightly 

 contracted in breadth, and has little of the character of a river, but of a 

 capacious inlet of the sea. To this distance we carried not less than 

 four fathom water, but, for the most part six and seven. After proceed- 

 ing thus far, we turned into the Malewan river, and anchored at about 



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