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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
coadjutor, as well as less in the confidence of 
the party in power. 
Nov. 16.—Having obtained permission some 
time ago, although with considerable difficulty, 
to send our people to the range of mountains 
to the north-east of Ava, Dr. Wallich’s assistant, 
and two of his plant-collectors, proceeded thither 
on the morning of the 10th, and after two days’ 
journey arrived at the foot of the hills, which 
appeared to be twenty or five-and-twenty miles 
distant from Sagaing. On the 12th, he ascended 
the hills, which it took seven hours to accom¬ 
plish. Dr. Wallich’s assistant, who had been 
with him at Nepaul, thought the height not 
less than that of Siwapoor, near Katmandu, and 
this is known to be four or five thousand feet 
above the level of the valley. There are three 
ranges of hills, and our people went as far as 
the most distant. The table-land is of consi¬ 
derable extent, and there are several villages 
upon it, with a scanty cultivation of mountain- 
rice, some maize, ginger, and other esculent 
plants. The hills, however, are principally co¬ 
vered with forest trees, from thirty to forty feet 
high, with very little underwood. The cold 
experienced was very considerable. Specimens 
of the rock were collected all the way from the 
foot to the top of the hills, and proved to be 
