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their eventual retreat after their defeats near 
Prome. Here they were attacked by fever, 
dysentery, and the spasmodic cholera. These 
and the wounds received in the late actions car¬ 
ried off great numbers. The ground was highly 
offensive when our troops passed it, and on the 
banks and islands were found many recent 
graves, for there was no time to bum the 
dead. This place, like the other positions of 
the Burman army, was strongly stockaded on 
both sides of the river ; but the Burmans again 
fled at our approach, and offered no resistance. 
In the afternoon we had before us the wooded 
island of Loongee (Lwan-k’hi), and at five 
o’clock we anchored opposite the little village 
of Ang-lap (middle fish-pond.) On the oppo¬ 
site bank of the river, (the island intervening,) 
is the village of S’han-baong-we, (elephant boat 
whirlpool,) which is prettily situated on a pro¬ 
jecting point of land. The scenery altogether 
in this situation is exceedingly romantic. Co¬ 
lonel Syme and his companions were particu¬ 
larly struck with its beauty, and longed for 
the pencil of Mr. Daniel to delineate it; but 
it did not appear to us that there were objects 
in it sufficiently distinct and prominent to com 
stitute the subject of a fine landscape. 
At Loongee, Dr. Wailich and I landed on 
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