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Hindostan, and not Sanscrit. It may probably 
be inferred from this, that wheat has been in¬ 
troduced among the Burmans in times compa¬ 
ratively modern; and it proves, at all events, 
that it is not an indigenous grain. The Bur- 
mans do not use it as bread, nor to any great 
extent in any way. The most frequent mode 
of using it is to boil the entire corn, and then 
mix it up with coarse sugar and oil, to make 
sweet cakes. In the market of Ava, the price 
is about one-third less than that of rice, or from 
one rupee to one rupee and a quarter for a 
basket, or from two shillings to two shillings 
and sixpence sterling per Winchester bushel. 
This is as low as the market-price at Patna, from 
which the principal supply is derived at Cal¬ 
cutta, both for consumption and exportation. 
Specimens of the grain were brought to us in 
the course of the morning : it is large, plump, 
and heavy, and the bread made from it, which 
we have used since our arrival, is well tasted, 
and remarkable for its whiteness. We com¬ 
pared the grain with the Patna wheat which 
we had along with us, and it was greatly supe¬ 
rior both in size and colour. The only objection 
to it which we could observe was, that it was 
mixed with a few grains of barley. This last 
grain is not known to the natives; and when 
