132 



On the commercial and political 



[Feb. 



Bate. 



Halting 



No. of 



Remarks. 





place. 



miles. 











to bring out the sunken letters. Such a 

 work would occupy a long time ; but it 

 would well repay the labour. I copied 

 the greater part in a standing position, 

 on sloping ground. 



4th Jan. 



Lahor. 



18 



Over the Yusufzai plain, passing only 

 one large village, named Yar Husen, and 

 a small one, named Sudher. 



5th 



Shamsabad. 



12 



Crossed the Indus by the Ohind ferry. 



6th to 8th 







Halted to make arrangements about ca- 

 mels, guards, &c. 



9th 



Burham. 



n 



Country much broken by ravines, and 

 almost wholly uncultivated. 



10th .. 



Hasan Ab- 



7 



Road through broken ground. 





dal. 





Around the town there are some fine 

 level sheets of cultivation. 



(Signed) A. Cunningham, Capt. 



Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier. 

 (True Copies) 



J. Lawrence, Officiating Resident. 



Short Survey of the countries between Bengal and China, showing the 

 great commercial and political importance of the Burmese town of 

 Bhanmo, on the Upper Irawady, and the practicability of a direct 

 trade overland between Calcutta and China. — By Baron Otto 

 des Granges. 



The direct distance between Calcutta and the Chinese frontier of 

 Yunnan is about 540 miles, nearly the same as that from Calcutta to 

 Agra. The road which we have to travel admits of three sub-divisions, 

 part first falling in Bengal, between Calcutta and Silhet ; part second in 

 the independent states of Cachar and Munipur, and part third in the 

 Burmese empire. 



Part first, from Calcutta to Silhet, is known, and on the whole dis- 

 tance river communication is open at all seasons. 



