TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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latter Is known by the title of Princess of Mai- 
thila, the name of a township lying north of 
Tongo, borrowed, it will be observed, from the 
ancient Sanscrit appellation of the district of 
Tirhoot, in Behar; the whole of which pro¬ 
vince is classic land with the followers of Gau¬ 
tama. 
Sept. 17.—We took a walk this morning to 
a distance of two miles inland, from the town, 
and observed one good road for wheel-car¬ 
riages. Carts, of a much better construction 
than those of India, were frequent. The cattle, 
all oxen, were large, and in excellent condition. 
They are generally of a reddish-brown colour 
—rarely black, and seldom or never of the 
white or light grey, which is so very general 
in Northern India. They are almost all 
horned, and without a hump. The Burmans 
treat their cattle humanely, and never over¬ 
work them. The country behind Prome is com¬ 
posed of a series of little hills, with occasional 
valleys of some extent. One of the latter 
was planted with rice, exhibiting the largest 
culture of this grain which we had yet ob¬ 
served. The soil of the hills is very light, 
being formed of the debris of sand, stone, and 
breccia, both of which we observed in an ad- 
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