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ENTERS THE BURMESE TERRITORY. 



Fished in the afternoon. The Bookhar, or large Barbel already 

 mentioned, still continues ; but there is another species still more 

 common, of a longer form, ventral fins reddish, mouth small, nose gib- 

 bous rough ;* it takes a fly greedily, and is perhaps a more game fish 

 than the other. All the birds inhabiting the water- courses of the north 

 side of the Patkye continue. Barking Deer are heard occasionally. 



Gathered one fine Bleteoidia Orchidea, racemis erectis oblongis, 

 sepalis petalisque fusco-luteis, arete reflexis, labello albido, odore forti 

 mellis. Engelhardtia occurs here, Pentaptera, Wallichia, Calamus, 

 Saccharum, etc. 



March 1th. — To-day the Meewoon arrived, accompanied by perhaps 

 200 people chiefly armed with spears ; he was preceded by two gilt 

 chattas. He made no objections to my remaining, and really appear- 

 ed very good-natured. The first thing he did, however, was to seize 

 a shillalah, and thwack most heartily some of his coolies who 

 remained to see our conference. He did not stay ten minutes. 



March Sth. — To-day I examined superficially the ovary and young 

 fruit of Ceratostemma variegatum, Roxb. The placenta which is very 

 green, is 5 -rayed. The substance of the walls of the ovary which 

 is thick and white, projects towards the axis not only between the 

 lobes, but also opposite to each ; so that the fruit is really 10-celled, 

 but 5 of the cells are spurious. The production opposite the placen- 

 tae necessarily divides the ovula of one placenta into two parcels, 

 and these are they that have no adhesion with the axis. At present 

 I can say nothing about the relative site of the lobes of the placentae, 

 otherwise there is nothing remarkable, beyond the production of the 

 ovary opposite the lobes of the placentae. 



March \2th. — Yesterday evening Bayfield returned alone, leaving 

 Hannay on the Patkaye, unable to come on or retreat, owing to his 

 having no coolies. It was decided, that there was no other step left 

 me to follow than going on to Ava, and I thus am enabled to obey 

 the letter of Government, relative to my going to Ava, which reached 

 me on the 10th by the Havildar. The Meewoon can give me no 

 assistance towards returning, although he will spare me a few men 

 to carry me on to Mogam. For the last three days I have been 

 indisposed. Altitude 2138 by the Therm. Temp. 208°, at which water 

 boils. 



* This is one of the Mountain Barbels, Oreinus, probably O. guttatus, As. Res. 

 vol. xix. p. 273. 



