426 Itinerary in the district of Amherst, Tenasserini. [No. 5. 



Observation at noon gave Latitude 16° 12' 39" N. ; Longitude by 

 Chronometer 97° 49' E. or 12' East of Moulmein. 



Started at 2b. 20m. p. m., ebb against us one hour. Reached 

 JPadowk at 5h. 30 p. M., run fifteen miles. Course S. E. by E. Six 

 miles from Attaran we reached the site of the old fort of that name, 

 opposite which the Zummee and Wenyau join. The latter comes 

 from the S. The Zummee from E. S. E. We turned into the 

 latter. The river very deep, 100 to 140 yards wide, banks mud, 

 and high grass. Flood tide sensibly helping us. Padowk we found 

 buried in elephant grass. The musquitoes swarmed and stung us 

 to madness, and we were obliged to eat our dinner sitting in the 

 smoke of wood fires. 



February 3rd.— Latitude 16° 6' 23'' N. ; Longitude 98° E. 



Started at 35m. p. m. against the ebb. River much as yesterday, 

 but more abruptly winding. Banks are increasing in height, rise 

 and fall of tide (springs) about four feet. Little of note to be seen 

 in the monotonous forest on both banks, save a few fishing monkeys 

 (Macacus cynomolgus) peeping at us through the bushes, and 

 immediately quarrelling with each other. At 3h. 25m. reached 

 Ivya-eng. Run nine miles. Course E. S. E. The banks were hisrh 

 and our temporary hut in a pretty cleared space, cheerful, and I am 

 thankful to say, free of musquitoes. The village is some way inland, 

 through a pretty wood. Shot a specimen of that beautiful bird 

 Psilorhinus Sinensis. There were three of them, and I have never 

 seen them so bold. Generally this bird is as difficult to approach 

 as our Magpie in England. Psilorhinus flavirostris, which is the 

 well known " blue Magpie" of Darjeeling, has a chatter precisely 

 like that of the British Magpie ; while its congener Sinensis, which 

 scarcely differs from the other in plumage, has a soft wailing whistle 

 like the note of some birds of prey. 



February 4th. — Thick fog at 7 a. m. and Thermometer 64°. Took 

 a stroll inland with my gun, but saw nothing new. The country is 

 a thin forest of " Eng" trees (a species of Dipterocarpus very like 

 the Saul) and here and there swampy patches. Kyd-eng, Latitude 

 1G° V 49'' N. ; Longitude 98° 6' 30" E. 



February 5th. — Left at 9 A. M. and about seven miles up the stream 

 lost the lust traces of the tide. It thus ascends in the springs by 



