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North from Ava^ 
the kinds which he meant to represent, as being the most com- 
mon in each forest. Some forms were, however, pointed out, 
especially one representing the tea-tree, which grows spontane- 
ously in many parts of the peninsula. 
The distances in this map are marked, partly in days jour- 
neys, partly in leagues, (dain,) the league of the Mranmas be- 
ing 1000 poles of 11 feet 8 inches, or nearly 2^ British miles; 
and the day’s journey is reckoned 10 leagues, road distance. 
Now, the author gives 18 days’ journey from Amarapura to Ban- 
mo, Bhanmo, or Panmo, the Bampoo of Mr Arrowsmith, the 
direct distance, according to this geographer, being nearly 128 
geographic miles, so that the day’s journey on great distances, 
in this map, can only be reckoned about 7^ geographic miles in 
a direct line. How many leagues or miles are actually travel- 
led each day, I cannot say ; but in Western India, as well as in 
the Eastern Peninsula, I have Very generally found, that disl 
tances estimated by days’ journeys, turn out much less than what 
is usually stated that a man should travel in the given time. 
We have seen, (Edin. Phil, Jour, No, V. p. 36.) that in Chi- 
na, where the roads are tolerable, the ambassadors from Ava 
made long journeys, at the rate of about 16^ miles a-day, 
in a direct line of the whole distance ; and it is from this 
probable, that the actual road distance travelled each day, 
might be 10 dain, or 22 miles ; and such may be the case 
in the parts of their own country that are level and clear; 
but in journeys of a considerable length, through moun- 
tainous forests, no such allowance can be made, and the actual 
distance will seldom be much more than half as much. , In the 
map now published, as well as in the others which I have still 
by me, the distances marked with Roman numbers, denote days’ 
journeys, those marked with cyphers, denote, leagues of 2|- Bri- 
tish miles. It will be evident, on the slightest examination, that 
in laying down the places on the map, little attention is paid to 
the respective distances. 
Having now given a general account of the accompanying 
map, I shall proceed to examine into particulars, beginning with 
the north. In the first place, we may observe, that the author 
commencing at Amarapura, which, like other courtiers, he calls 
