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4. Lemar, in the upper Kioukdweng. 



5. Bamo. 



6. Tsenkan. 



7. Kioukgyee. 



8. Katha. 



9. Tsagaya. 



10. Tagoung. 



11. Male, at the entrance of the lower Kioukdweng. 



12. Kabuet, in the lower Kioukdweng. 



13. Male. 



14. Menghoon. 



15. Ava. 



This distance down the Irrawaddi may, in a fast boat, be performed 

 in ten days, but owing to the disturbed state of the country we were 

 compelled to avail ourselves of the first opportunity that offered to 

 enable us to reach Ava ; in addition the proper number of boatmen 

 was not procurable, every body being afraid of approaching the capi- 

 tal even a few miles. 



The chief product I saw was Teak, of this there were large rafts at 

 Tsenkan and elsewhere. This tree seems to abound in the hills form- 

 ing the NE. boundaries of Burmah. 1 did not, however, see any of 

 large size. 



Tea is found on hills to the east of Bamo, and at a distance of one 

 day's journey from that place. Through the kindness of Mr. Bay- 

 field, I was enabled to procure specimens ; the leaves were decidedly 

 less coarse, as well as smaller, than those of the Assamese plants, and 

 they occurred both serrated and entire. No use is made of the wild 

 plants in this direction, and the Chinese at Bamo, asserted that it 

 was good for nothing. It must be remembered, however, that none 

 of them had seen the plant cultivated in China. Indeed the only 

 real Chinaman we saw, was one at Kioukgyee, serving the Myoowoon 

 as a carpenter : this man had been to England twice, and talked a 

 little English. 



Cotton is, I was informed, extensively cultivated. 



But the most valuable product is the Ruby, which is procured from 

 hills to the eastward of Tsenboo, and which are, I believe, visible from 

 the opposite town, Mala. From the same place and to the SE., low 

 hills are visible, from which all the marble in extensive use for 

 the carving of images, is obtained ; this marble has been pronounced 

 by competent authority to be of first-rate quality. 



