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Mil, on which a large croom, called Tiabosoo, was situated. I 
looked into a pit here six feet deep; the first stratum was vegetable 
mould, the second gravel, the third, a kind of potter's clay, and 
the remaining of brittle stone of a reddish brown, resembling that 
they call cabouc in the East Indies. Th^ next croom was San- 
quanta, where the path took an easterly direction, and about seven 
miles from Doompassee we passed Datiasoo, where large quantities 
of pottery were manufacturing, exclusively : it was not more than 
a mile distant from Dadawasee, Avhere we found a messenger from 
the king, expressing his regret that we had come up in the rainy 
season, as he had heard it was a very unhealthy one for white men, 
and appointing us to enter the capital on the Monday following ; 
he sent us a present of a sheep, forty yams, and two ounces of 
gold for our table ; he had also given six ackies to our messenger, 
who returned at the same time. The path had been cleared by 
the king's order, the plantations became more frequent and exten- 
sive, and numerous paths branching off from that we travelled, 
shewed that the country was thickly inhabited, and the intercourse 
of the various parts direct and necessary for an interchange of 
manufacture and produce: the crooms hitherto had appeared 
insulated. The Acassey or blue dye plant grew profusely. Distance 
seven miles. Courses N. i, N.bW. N. N.W. -f, N. N. E. 
Latitude by observation 6« 16' 20'' long : C and D r T SO" W. 
The next day, leaving Dadawasee, close to which was another 
large croom called Modjawee, we descended a very steep hill, and 
passed the Dankaran or Mankaran, a small river, in the rainy 
season eleven yards wide and four feet deep, running to the 
Birrim : not far from this river was Sahnfoo, and a short distance 
from that croom, a smaller river called Yansee, running N. N.W. 
We then passed through Korraman, near which was the small 
river Dansabow, running westward, and three other large crooms, 
