HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL 

 SKETCH OF 



A R A C A N. 



By CHARLES PATON, Esq, 



Suh-Commissioner in At-acan. 



J- HE following particulars relating to the newly acquired province of Ara~ 

 can, are the result of a tour made through its several subdivisions, and such 

 communication, with the people of the country, as an imperfect command of 

 the language would permit. I have, however, in all cases, endeavoured scru- 

 pulously to satisfy myself of the correctness of the information, by personal 

 inspection, and by the fullest corroborative evidence that was procurable. 



The ancient history of Aracan, has been chiefly extracted from Magh 

 manuscripts, in the possession of the late Commissioner, Mr. Robertson. That 

 of more recent periods has been gathered also from written records, but espe- 

 cially from the oral communications of individuals, who were implicated in 

 the transactions, or who witnessed their occurrence. 



