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Yunnan, passes the borders of Jangoma (Ssenmse), and then 
enters the kingdom of Pago ; but it neither passes near the ca- 
pital city, nor does it fall into the sea below it ; for it passes 
Mouttama far to the eastward. 
The Zayton of the Universal History (p. 49.), from whence 
Conti put to sea in the year 1 480, is probably the Zittaun of 
this map, a city on the estuary of the Paunlaun, called often, as 
in this map, the river of Zittaun, from the city on its banks, 
which we may consider as about 1 0 G. miles direct distance east 
from Pago. Although, as I have said, this latter city stands on 
the east side of a small branch of the same river, the two 
branches^ towards the south, again communicate by a channel, 
which is in general dry, but which, during the periodical rains, 
becomes navigable. Boats can at ail times pass up from the 
sea to Zittaun ; but it is only in floods that they can proceed 
thence to Taunu. 
In the Universal History (1. c.), it is supposed that Zayton is 
the same with Satan or Zatan, to which the Siammese advanced 
in the year 1538, and this may be the case ; but Satan may as 
well be the Satoun of this map, a town, according to this au- 
thority, placed two days journey east from Zittaun, on a small 
channel called the Taunwseh or Tounwain. Lower down on 
this channel, which seems to enter the sea at the mouth of what 
Europeans call Martaban Bay, this map places a celebrated 
temple called Zaingiaik, three days journey from Satoun. 
Prom Zaingiaik to Mouttama, or, as we call it, Martaban 
(Universal History p. 43.), are in this map two days journey, 
the city standing a considerable way up the Saluaen River, and 
not on the side of the bay, as represented in our maps. No 
doubt the worst of our sea charts are in general preferable to 
the map here published ; but, owing to the extraordinary vio- 
lence of the tides, and to the danger of being so far embayed, 
European vessels have very seldom visited this important place, 
and I suspect that it is really situated a considerable way up the 
river, while the customhouse at the mouth of this is what has 
been laid down in our maps, being the place frequented by sea- 
faring visitors. The distance given in this map from Rangoun 
to Mouttama is no less than nine days journey, which, in pro- 
portion to the other distances in the map, would give a direct 
