TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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From Prome, up to this place, Dr. Wallich 
had been eminently successful in his botanical 
researches, having discovered several new ge¬ 
nera, and many new species. 
Meloon and its districts constitute the estate 
of the Prince of M’het, k’ha-ra (Pali ?) one of 
the King’s uncles. Here the old Myowun of 
Bassien overtook us. 
Sept. 21.—We quitted Melloon by break of 
day this morning, and at a place called Myen- 
ka-taong, a few miles above it, on the same 
side, a little pagoda was pointed out to us upon 
an elevated cliff on the very verge of the bank, 
and threatened every season to be carried away 
by the river. This had in itself nothing re¬ 
markable ; for it was but one out of a great 
many similar pagodas crowning the tops of the 
most conspicuous hills and eminences on both 
sides of the river, ever since entering the hilly 
country; but it was connected with an era in 
Burman history, and this gave it some interest. 
At the spot where it is erected, a Burman king 
of Pugan, of the name of Chau-lu, or Sau-lu, is 
said to have been assassinated by one of his ge¬ 
nerals. On looking into a chronological list of 
the Burman kings, with which I had the good 
fortune to be provided, this prince is stated to 
have ascended the throne in the year 1030 of 
