440 Itinerary in the district of Amherst, Tenasserim. [No. 5. 



February 19th. — Left Taylo at 7h. 15m. a. m. and reached the 

 Wenkadoung, a small stream, at lOh. 45m. course North Westerly, 

 distance about ten miles. The march was entirely through a dreary 

 waste of burnt up grass, black rocks, and a few scattered trees. Our 

 encampment was on the bank of the stream. 



Observation at noon, Lat. 15° 39' 18" N., Long. 98° 36' E. 

 Ther. 88°. 



After breakfast proceeded and readied the Lamba, another stream, 

 about eleven miles. Towards the close of the march we entered 

 very dense jungle, and at our halting-place had to cut down and 

 clear away almost solid masses of thickets to make a little room. 

 Last night's wetting has made some of our people ill. The Lamba 

 falls into the Houngthrau about ten miles off to the North East. 



February 20th. — Marched to the Lynkama, a small stream about 

 eight miles to the North West. The path through a thick shady 

 forest. It appeared full of birds but we are too hurried to admit 

 of proper exploring for specimens. To-day and yesterday we were 

 annoyed during our noon breakfast by countless swarms of bees, 

 drones, and flies of endless variety — especially a small indefatiga- 

 ble bee, of which Mr. Parish and I had presently whole hives dang- 

 ling to our backs, hats, &c. Fortunately they did not sting. At 

 breakfast we were heartily sickened by seeing the Karens devour 

 the raw bloody body and entrails of a Monkey I had shot. They 

 swallowed the intestines " au naturel" like macaroni. Towering 

 over the trees near us, was a singular rock, like a huge truncated 

 steeple, full 1000 feet high. At Hi. 40m. continued our journey 

 and reached the Meytowatig, another stream [at 4h. 40m. distance 

 six miles] and had a most delicious bath in its crystal waters. On 

 the way I saw a flight of a species of Horn-bill quite new to me, 

 and which I fancied were JBuceros Carinattis, but there was no get- 

 ting near them. It is a general idea that birds (and other animals) 

 are tame and unwary in regions where they seldom or never see man : 

 but this is contrary to my experience. They are wildest where 

 they see and feel too much of man, as in England, where any 

 tolerably uncommon bird has a shot at him before he can take two 

 hops in any direction. But they are also wildest where they never 

 see man. The ornithological collector must go where he can find 

 a juste milieu. 



