TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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Hedychece , out of flower. Of these and other 
Scitaminece and Orchidece , I took large roots. 
“ The ascent to the top of the hill was now 
clearing for cultivation, and traces of that of the 
last season were visible. It is curious to observe 
that the only trees allowed to stand are oaks. 
These are of no great height or size, seldom 
exceeding two feet in diameter : they certainly 
do not exceed in size those found upon the low¬ 
est hills of Nepal. Two of the species were in 
flower. 
“ At seven, in the morning of the 27th, we 
commenced our journey back to Ava. At nine 
o’clock we arrived at a village about two-thirds 
of the way down; and after halting there for 
some time, we prosecuted our journey, reach¬ 
ing the foot of the hills at two in the afternoon. 
It took us an hour more to pass through the 
bamboo jungle; and after a march, which we 
estimated at ten miles, we halted for the night 
at a village, putting up, as usual, at a Zayat. 
On our way down we met a number of loaded 
cattle proceeding to the country of the Shans 
with merchandise ; and near the place where we 
halted we saw a still greater number of oxen, 
belonging to Shan merchants, grazing in the 
fields. 
