drawn by a Native of Dawcc or Tavay. 283 
Besides tin, the district of Tavay produces black pepper and 
cardamoms for exportation. Both are very inferior in quality 
to those produced in Malabar ; and the cardamoms, I presume, 
are of the kind described by Rumphius, which is a different 
plant from that cultivated in Malabar. 
The territory under the Governor of Dawse reaches the whole 
way from the sea to the frontier of Siam, including both the 
lower part of the valley, in which Kalinaun is situated, and the 
coast south from Ye. 
It reaches along the coast a little farther south than the 
Tavay Island of our seamen, which by the natives is called 
Maleille-kiun, that is about 12° 40' N. latitude; and on the 
north to near Ye, which, being half way between Tavay Point 
and Martaban, will be nearly in 15° 20' N. ; so that from 
north to south the district will extend about 140 geogra- 
phical miles. The river Tavay, I should imagine, is not near 
so considerable as Mr Arrowsmith represents. From the mouth 
to the forks, where it is formed by two rivulets descending from 
the hills, he makes about 130 miles ; but boats go this distance 
in two tides, which I do not think will allow more than forty 
miles in a direct line ; and Taway should be about half of this 
distance from the anchorage. At no great distance from the 
anchorage, between it and the central ridge, towards a great hill 
named Kiaeppuetaun, is a ruined city called Taunboup, once a 
place of some consequence. 
The Southern Government occupied by the tribe of Tansen- 
sari takes its name from the capital city, called Breit by its in- 
habitants, and Mergui by Europeans. This government ex- 
tends along the coast from about 12° 40' north to a village 
named Maze, which is nearly half way between Mergui and 
Junk Ceylon, that is, about 10° N. latitude, giving thus 2° 40' 
or 160 geographical miles for the length of the district. Its 
breadth, like that of Tavay, is not nearly so considerable, being 
confined between the sea and the central ridge of the peninsula, 
which in the 10° of latitude, is only about 80 miles across, 
and at Mergui is only about 120. The width of the province, 
therefore, may be from forty to sixty geographical miles; but 
it besides includes a great many islands, composing the Mergui 
Archipelago of European navigators. 
