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tie, consisting of oxen, large and in excellent 
condition, were grazing in an extensive plain, 
not far from the road-side. The path we were 
pursuing was the common route between the 
Shan country, or Lao, and Ava. 
“ Delays and difficulties, occasioned by the 
laziness and apathy of our Burman attendants 
and guides, prevented us from pursuing our 
journey, on the 24th, until eight o’clock in the 
morning. The carts would not accompany us 
to the foot of the hills ; and the porters, whom 
we got in lieu of them, insisted upon being re¬ 
lieved before they had got on two miles. This 
was at the village of Kwe-napa,* close to the 
bank of the Myit-ng£, which at this place is 
very narrow, with steep banks. At a ferry, 
which is here, we saw ten or twelve boats, with 
a number of carts waiting to cross. We re¬ 
sumed our march at eleven o’clock, and began 
to pass through a forest of bamboos, some of 
which were in flower. Here I had the satisfac¬ 
tion to find the plant of Sapindi , on the very 
spot where my assistant had discovered it not 
many days before. It is nearly allied to Cardios- 
permum , with a heart-shaped, flat fruit, resem¬ 
bling an ace of spades ; I called it Car diopter is. 
* The Buffalo’s Nose. This seems to be the name of the hill. 
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