Dr Francis Hamilton's Account of a Map 
in the period immediately preceding the deluge. 8d, A fur- 
ther requisite is, the intersection of one of these cavities, in 
which there happen to be bones, by a third accident, viz. the 
working of a stone-quarry, by men who happen to have suffi- 
cient curiosity cr intelligence to notice and speak of what they 
find, and this to persons who also happen to be willing or able 
to appreciate and give publicity to the discovery. The neces- 
sary concurrence of all these complicated contingencies renders 
it probable, that however great may be the number of subter- 
raneous caverns, in an inland country, very few of them will 
ever be discovered, or if discovered, be duly appreciated. Those 
I have mentioned in Yorkshire, Devon, Somerset, Derby, and 
Glamorganshire were all laid open, with the exception of the 
caves at Paviland, by the accidental operations of a quarry or 
mine. 
Art. IV . — Account of a Map drawn by a native ofDawce or Ta- 
vay. By Francis Hamilton, M. D. & F. R. S. & F. A. S. 
Lond. & Edin. With a Plate. Communicated by the Author. 
1 HE accompanying Map, Plate V. was procured from the na- 
tive of Dawae, mentioned in my account of the general map of 
the Empire of Ava *. He had been sent by the King of that 
country to Ceylon, in order to bring an account of the Temples 
at Anuradapura, the ancient capital of the island ; and, when 
I arrived from Rangoun, was at Calcutta on his return. As I 
had an opportunity of shewing the man civilities and kindness, 
he gave me his assistance in arranging the geographical mate- 
rials procured in Ava ; and, being far from danger, spoke and 
wrote without fear or restraint. I have, however, to regret, 
that I omitted to procure all the names of places in the Mran- 
ma character. The Map was originally drawn on black paper, 
with a pencil of steatite, such as the Mranmas commonly use. 
A Mahommedan painter copied the outlines on paper, and I 
wrote the names in English letters, as the man read them from 
his black book. Afterwards he added the Mranma characters 
See this Journal , No. iii, p. 91. 
