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in size to the Iraivadi river. The Namkho, he says, divides a Sham 

 province from China proper. 



These are most probably the same places with Buchanan's Mowun, 

 Maintu, and Momieen ; however, either the Doctor's informant was mistaken 

 in the Chinese names, or my friend had forgotten the positions of the towns 

 relatively to the river (Namkho). I would not venture to hint the possibility 

 of the former (which, by the bye, may have occurred in copying), had not 

 a Chinese from Yunan, who was some time with me, called Mungti, Feno-ye 

 chou, which would make my friend the Sham perfectly correct. I must 

 add, that till I came down to Calcutta I never had any opportunity of 

 seeing anything of Dr. Buchanan's information. The Namkho, it is 

 scarcely necessary to add, is evidently the Nou Kyang. I cannot quit the 

 subject without expressing my admiration of Mr. Klaproth's boldness in 

 turning all the water of the Sampo into the Bhammo river, concerning 

 which we can so easily here consult sufficient authority. Mungyah, my 

 JBurman attendant, instantly answered to my question about its size, 

 that it is equal to the Dikho, one of the rivulets of Asam. 



My return by water was very rapid ; the first day I reached the 

 Suhatu ; the second, starting after breakfast, and halting some time to 

 take bearings at three places on the way, I reached Sadiya in the after- 

 noon, having performed upwards of thirty miles that day. The only 

 incident I have to mention, and that only interesting as conveying a further 

 idea of the nature of the rapid, is my descent of that at Suhatu Mukh, 

 where there are three separate channels. As the river had risen consi- 

 derably, I expected to find the declivity in the principal channel, which 

 is not interrupted by any shallow, less than when I passed up, and my 

 boatmen readily consented to shoot it. Its agitated appearance, however, 

 when we arrived near the brink, induced them to change their course for 



