TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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CHAPTER IV. 
Excursions to the neighbourhood of our residence.—Husban¬ 
dry and tenures of land among the Burmese.—Visit from 
Dr. Price, an American Missionary.—Chinese settlers re¬ 
siding in Ava.—Visit from a Burman deputation.—Mr. 
Lanciego, a Spanish gentleman residing in Ava.—Burman 
husbandry, and wages of labour.—Wheat grown near Ava. 
—Commencement of the negotiation. — Festival of the boat- 
races.—Town of Ava.—Second conference.—Visit to the 
town of Sagaing.-—Water excursion round Ava. 
Oct. 2.—Although our residence was watch¬ 
ed by a Burman guard, we were not precluded 
from going abroad, and therefore made morning 
and evening excursions into the fields in our 
neighbourhood, where the farmers were at work 
preparing the land for the cold-weather crops : 
these crops consisted of onions, capsicums, to¬ 
bacco, maize, and pulses. We found the culti¬ 
vators communicative and intelligent, as I have 
before mentioned. The result of our inquiries 
was as followsthe common land measure is 
denominated Pe, and is a square of twenty-five 
bamboos to a side, each bamboo being of seven 
