126 JOUIINAL OF AN EMBASSY 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from Pugan.—The large trading village of Pa- 
k’hok-ko, formerly the estate of the King’s buffoon.—Junc¬ 
tion of the Kyen Dwen River with the Irawadi.—Orthogra¬ 
phy of Burman names of places.—Character of the Bur¬ 
mese Government.—Village of Samaikom_Manufacture 
of Saltpetre.—Village of Ra-pa-tong.—Wreck of the Bur- 
man army assembled here after its last defeat.—Village of 
Kyauk-ta-long.—Arrival of a deputation from the Court. 
—Village of Paok-to.—Husbandry.,—Tenure of Land.— 
Another deputation from the Court.—Arrival at Ava, and 
first reception.—Navigation of the Irawadi. 
We left Pugan at three o’clock, but having 
to make the circuit of a long sand-bank, we did 
not reach Nyaung-ngu (Fig-tree promontory) 
until sunset, although the latter place is not 
above three or four miles distant from the for¬ 
mer. Nyaung-ngu is but a continuation of 
Pugan; occasional houses and numerous temples 
occurring all the way between them, and the 
last even for a mile farther up the river. We 
landed, but as the evening was fast closing, we 
had time only for a very short excursion. We 
