HISTORICAL SUMMARY. 3 



and on the 7th day of the same month landed at Kyaukka Myo. 

 On arrival he lost no time in fulfilling his desire of visiting the 

 wonders of the place. On the 8th, on returning from one of these 

 excursions in the evening, he discovered that seven of the ladies, 

 named the Myozas 1 of Nyoungok, Nyoungywe, Sale, Talin, Kyabin, 

 Popa and Nyoungyan, and the eunuch Kye Ponna of his establish- 

 ment were missing. He was much enraged, and immediately 

 went in search of them. He reached a hill called Thuwanagiri, and 

 there tarried for the night, being entertained by a Zawgyi ( = magician) 

 who resided there : hence this hill is called Minlindoung to this 

 day. The next morning, the 9th, he discovered the truants in 

 high glee on the banks of the lake of scented waters, and, enraged 

 at the sight, he killed them. They immediately turned into Nats. 8 

 When his passion had cooled down and he had meditated on the 

 crime he had committed, he blamed the Yenanthasi as being the 

 cause of it. So, calling to his aid the miraculous powers which he 

 possessed, he changed the perfume of the waters into its present 

 malodorous state. From that day to the present it is known ' as 

 11 Yenan " = stinking water. On the 10th the king attempted to leave 

 Kyaukka Myo, but none of its rafts would move ; and on consulting 

 his wise men was told that the natseins desired to be provided for 

 and would not allow him to proceed till he had made provision for 

 them. A meeting with the natseins was arranged, and an amicable 

 settlement was come to, by which the king agreed that the proceeds 

 of the sale of the Yenan were to be devoted to the eight nat- 

 seins. The king also commanded that the Yenan producing soil be 

 only within a certain area, which was to be held by the Yogas {viz,, 

 the descendents of the digger of the tank), and that the limits of 

 such lands be laid down by drawing a straight line from a place 



1 This might be translated " duchesses " ; literally it means " eater of the town, " 

 because a Myotza derived his income from the revenue of the town that gave him his 

 title. 



2 A kind of greenfaced demon; all who die of unnatural causes are very liable 

 to turn into a nat. 



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