drawn by a Native of Daw ce or Tavay, 231 
Between the ridge of hills bounding the district of Ye on the 
east, and the great central ridge of the Malay peninsula, there 
seems to be a fine valley watered by a considerable river. This 
rises by two heads, of which the largest comes from the central 
ridge, and is called Mrenibra, Pra or Bra, signifying the source 
of a river. The other branch springs from the highest part of 
the western ridge, forming a mountain called Wsenpo, which 
communicates its name to the stream issuing from it. The 
united streams form the river of Dawse or Tavay of European 
geographers, and boats navigate this to the junction of the two 
branches by which it is formed. A little way below this junc- 
tion, on the east side of the river, is a city named Kaleinaun, 
the capital of a small government which formerly belonged to 
the kingdom of Pegu, and occupies the upper part of the valley 
watered by the river of Tavay. Towards the north, this valley, 
with all the vicinity of the ridge of hills separating the king- 
dom of Pegu from that of Siam, is occupied by very extensive 
woods, which in some measure protect three rude tribes from 
the tyranny of both states. By the natives of Tavay these 
tribes are called Kadhu, Lowa, and Kuwi. The first of these 
are considered as a kind of Karsen, and are probably the same 
with the Kanen mentioned * as bordering on the east side of 
the Talain country. The Lowas, according to the natives of 
Dawse, speak a kind of Siammese, which confirms the opinion al- 
ready mentioned *f*, of the Siammese being descended from the 
Lowas, intermixed with colonists from China and India. With 
regard to the Kuwi, I heard only a report from some natives of 
Dawse at Rangoon; but towards the frontier of Martaban 
there is a city of this name belonging to the Siammese, which 
I suspect is the Couil of M. Loubere. I have, however, learn- 
ed nothing to enable me to judge whether this city derives its 
name from being inhabited by Kuwi, or merely from its being 
the mart for carrying on trade between the Kuwi and Siam- 
mese : one or other circumstance, however, is probably the ori- 
gin of the name. 
Although the tide reaches to the junction of the two streams 
which unite to form the river of Tavay, and although, of course, 
f See this Journal) Ne» iv. p. 267. 
f No. iv. p. 268. 
