90 ' Dr Hamilton m a Mof ofAva, drawn 
the natives several maps of their country. These, as might be 
expected, were very deficient in accuracy ; but I found the 
people wonderfully quick in comprehending the nature of our 
maps ; and some of them, to whom I could render the occupa- 
tion advantageous, very soon improved their plans, and pro- 
duced drawings, which have tended to throw much light on the 
geography of what, in the 7th volume of the Universal History 
(London, 1759, 8vo,) is called the Farther Peninsula of India, 
A copy of these maps, together with all the geographical infor- 
mation which I procured during my stay, was communicated to 
the Governor-General, and used by the late Mr Dalrymple in 
constructing the map published by Captain Symes in his Ac- 
count of the Journey to Aval Mr Arrowsmith, in his map of 
Asia, has followed Mr Dalrymple. In this map, the general 
outline of the sea-coast, the southern boundary of China, and 
the eastern boundary of Bengal, may be considered as fixed with 
tolerable accuracy ; while the course of the great river to the 
capital of Ava, has been determined by the survey of Mr Wood. 
A survey by the same gentleman, fixing a considerable portion 
of the Brahmaputra’s course, has been introduced by Mr Ar- 
rowsmith in his map of Asam, and serves to throw much light 
on the northern extent of the Farther Peninsula. The gene- 
ral outline of this region, together with the sources and 
mouths of many considerable rivers, has been thus fixed with a 
considerable degree of accuracy ; while the detail of the interior 
remained to the utmost uncertain and inaccurate, as will appear 
from the account given in the Universal History, where every 
thing known, at the time when it was published, has been col- 
lected with great care and judgment It was at one time my 
intention to have wrought up my materials on a scale larger than 
Mr Dalrymple’s, and perhaps I may still do so; but in the 
mean time, I think it may be interesting to publish some of the 
original maps, exactly as drawn by the natives, but reduced to 
as small a scale as can be done consistent with exactness. To- 
gether with the maps, I shall add some short explanations, that 
may appear necessary to render them intelligible to European 
men of science. 
Some of the persons who furnished me with the maps, were 
afraid, or, to enhance their reward, pretended to be afraid, that 
