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a promontory where the rock was exposed. 
This was about fifty feet high. On the shore 
we found the calcareous sandstone as before. 
On examining the cliff farther up, I found the 
lowest stratum to be a slate clay much decom¬ 
posed. Above it was the sand-stone, and above 
all a hard calcareous limestone. In the thick 
wood in the valleys, several of the common 
fowl, in a wild state, were seen, and the crow¬ 
ing of the cocks all round was incessant, show¬ 
ing that this species of game is very plentiful. 
A party which went to the village saw a hare, 
the first that had been observed, for this animal 
is not found in the delta of the Irawadi. The 
banks of the river to-day had been somewhat 
lower than yesterday; the hills encroaching 
less upon the river, the river itself being wider, 
and the islands more numerous. Villages were 
more frequent, but still the country appeared 
very poorly inhabited, and the marks of cul¬ 
ture were trifling in the extreme. 
Sept. 20.—This morning we passed Mi-kya- 
ong-re, a considerable village on the east bank 
of the river. From this place there is a road 
for wheel-carriage to the town of Tongo on 
the Setang river, and nearly in the parallel of 
Prome. The distance is but ten days’ travel 
for caravans or carts. At twelve o’clock we 
