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had recourse to, we found at their labour every 
morning before sunrise. Their toil is inter¬ 
rupted at ten o’clock, and in the heat of the 
day no out-door labour is performed. They are 
at their work again at three o’clock in the after¬ 
noon, and continue at it until sunset, so that 
they labour for about seven hours a day. 
In our walks to-day and yesterday we found 
that wheat was cultivated in the vicinity of 
Ava in considerable quantity. The land on 
which it is grown appears to be the same as 
that in which Indian corn and pulse are pro¬ 
duced, that is, dry lands, incapable of producing 
rice, because they cannot be Hooded. The pro¬ 
duce was given to us generally at such high 
rates as seem almost incredible. It was stated 
at as much as forty, fifty, and even sixty-four 
for the seed. The most moderate estimates 
made it from ten to twenty-five seeds. The 
lands on which wheat is grown are under water 
during the height of the inundation, and no 
other crop is taken from them in the course 
of the year. The grain is sown broadcast, and 
ripens in from three to four months. Wheat is 
called by the Burmans G’hijun Sampd , and Ku- 
la Sampd; words which mean wheat-rice, and 
Western foreigners’ rice. The word G’hyun is 
from the Hindi, or mixed modern dialect of 
