TO THE COURT OF AY A. 
53 
Sept . 15.—We left Nyaong-sare very early 
this morning, pursuing our course along the 
eastern bank of the river. Pebbles were now 
for the first time seen ; and, soon after, various 
shelving rocks. Dr. Wallich and I landed for 
half an hour near the village of Kyaok-taran. 
The rock which we saw consisted of calcareous 
sandstone and breccia,*—the pebbles in the 
latter, which was of a very loose texture, were 
quartz. Among the fruit-trees, near the vil¬ 
lage, we found about a dozen teak trees, the 
first we had observed. The flowers were just 
disappearing, and the fruit forming. Dr. Wal¬ 
lich informed me, that the flowering season 
corresponded exactly with that of the teak of 
the botanical garden at Calcutta. These trees 
were about forty feet high. The soil appeared 
generally thin and sandy; but in a few spots 
it was of a better quality ; and in the latter 
were cultivated, in the most slovenly manner 
imaginable, some indigo and sesamum; which 
seemed to thrive very well, considering the 
manner in which they were neglected. The 
long island, called Shwe-kywan, or Golden Isle,' 
was now between us and the two considerable 
villages of Peeng-gliee (Pyin-kri, great board), 
* The calcareous sandstone here mentioned is ascertained 
to be the calcaire grossiere of the Paris basin. 
