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countries of Europe, showed that he had some 
notions on the subject of European geography. 
I sent the Wungyi yesterday a present to 
the value of about three hundred rupees, con¬ 
sisting of articles of British manufacture. He 
made a return present this morning, consisting 
of one piece of silk and some coarse mats, the 
value of which was about one-sixth of that 
which he had received. 
Sept. 11.—At three o’clock yesterday we left 
Henzada. The name of this place is correctly 
written in Burman orthography Hansa-ta. It 
is said to be a word composed of the Sanscrit 
word Hansa, “ the Indian goose,” or “ ruddy 
goose” of Latham ; and the Burman word Ta, 
“lamentation”—a derivation alleged to be de¬ 
rived from the circumstance of a prince having 
once accidentally shot one on a sand-bank near 
this place. The hansa, pronounced henza, is 
not held sacred by the Burmans; but it was 
the standard of Pegu, as the peacock i| that 
of Ava. Henzada is the largest place we had 
seen since leaving Rangoon. It extends in a 
single row of houses for at least two miles on 
the right bank of the river, and the posts of 
most of the houses were at present washed by 
the inundation. From its appearance, it is 
probable that it does not contain less than 
