BIBLIOGRAPHY. yjg 



time. The earliest reference extant to the occurrence of tin in 

 Burma refers to Tavoy, and was made in 1599 by Ralph Fitch, 

 who remarked that on his journey from Pegu to Malacca he passed 

 by " many of the ports of Pegu, as Martauan, the Island of Taui 

 (Tavoy), from whence commeth great store of tinne, which serueth 

 all India." 



1829. J. Low. " Observations on the Geological Appearances and 



General Features of portions of the Malayan Peninsula, 



and of the Countries lying betwixt it and 18° North 



Latitude." Asiatic Researches, Vol. XVIII, Pt. 1, pp. 



128 — 1G2, and Journ. Roy. Asiatic Soc, Vol III, pp. 



305—326. 



The author states that grey granite is the prevailing rock 



throughout Tavoy. He notices briefly stream-tin 



occurrences near the Nay Dang pass into Siam. 



1839. J. W. Heifer. Second Report. " The Provinces of Ye, 



Tavoy and Mergui, on the Tenasserim Coast." Fol., 76 

 pp., Calcutta. 



Describes occurrences of tin ore in Mctamio, a tract of 

 country about 60 miles long and from 8 to 12 miles broad, 



of which the latitude of Tavoy forms the centre ; in Palou 



and Woomboo ; in Mergui and the Islands. Mentions 

 briefly the Burmese methods of streaming. 



1841. G. B. Tremenheere. " Report on the Tin of the Province 

 of Mergui." Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, Vol. X, pp. 845 — 

 851 ; Vol. XI, pp. 289—290. 

 Under Siamese rule extensive works for recovering tin ore 

 were carried out. The following localities are enumer- 

 ated : — 



(1) Thcngdon river, in the immediate vicinity of the coal 



mines on the Great Tenasserim. 



(2) Thabawlick river, which unites with the Thakiet three miles 



above the junction of the latter with the Little Tenas- 

 serim. 



(3) Four tributaries of the Little Tenasserim, — 



(a) Khamoungtang river. 



(b) Engdaw river. 



(c) Kyeng river. 



(d) Thapyu river. 



