7S Dr Hamilton on a Map of tlie country 
Shue Prido, when he had proceeded north with the Erawadi to 
Banmo and Mogaun, found himself straitened for room, and, in 
order to obtain space for introducing Khandi, turned the river 
obliquely to the right, so that instead of bringing it straight 
south from Tchoudsong to Banmo, it appears as if coming from 
the north-east ; and the principal branch, formed by the Ken- 
pou, is altogether omitted, unless we suppose, what I imagine 
to be the case, that, for want of room, the compiler has put 
Khandi in the place where Paiaendusen should have been, and 
has transferred the latter to the opposite side of the Erawadi, 
where Wagnmo really stands, there being no doubt, that the 
Zabua of Banmo placed his own town right. At the same time, 
the author of the accompanying map, has given the name of 
Mowun, a Chinese city, to Kakio, another town belonging to 
the same chief. With these alterations, the distances here given 
may be of great use ; and we shall have Kakio, called here Mow- 
un, 5 days’ journey, or 42 miles north from Banmo, exactly as 
the Ambassador’s map (E(Un. Phil. Journ. No. V.) places it ; 
and the real Paisendusen, called in this map Khandi, 6 days, or 
52 miles farther north ; while Mogaun is 42 miles north-west 
from Kakio, and 52 south-west from Paiaenduaen, and the real 
Khandi is in fact omitted, together with the northern forks of 
the Erawadi. 
In consequence of the upper part of the Erawadi having been 
turned to the north-east, in place of continuing north, the river 
of Banmo or Santa is brought from the south-east, in place of 
the north-east, and its source is placed in the Shanwa country, 
near Boduaen, instead of in China. Boduaen, in fact, at one 
time was held by the Chinese, and it was in its vicinity that the 
decisive engagement took place between the Mranmas and Chi- 
nese, in the reign of Zaenbrushaen, who governed Ava from 
1769 until 1781. It is said, that on this occasion 60,000 cap- 
tives put an end to the Chinese hopes of conquest, and ga^e 
the Mranmas possession of the valuable mines of Boduaen. I 
have little doubt, that Boduaen is the place five days’ journey 
north from Mohang Leng, once the capital of the Northern 
Laos, where, as mentioned in the Modern Universal History, 
(vol. vii. p. 153. and 154.), there are mines of gold, silver, and 
copper, wrought by Chinese. Now, in the accompanying map, 
