472 JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
“ The soil was of a dark reddish brown co¬ 
lour, tolerably deep, and not hard or stubborn ; 
the cultivation consisting of a little rice, maize, 
tobacco, some pulses, but chiefly large millet, 
(andropogon cerniumj and sesamum. These 
throve well, especially the two last, which were 
very luxuriant crops. The inhabitants are sup¬ 
plied with water from a fine spring, about half 
a mile from the village. Several small brooks 
of limpid water were to be found amongst the 
hills, and here and there a few pools in the beds 
of torrents which had existed during the rainy 
season. 
“ With respect to plants, I was particularly 
fortunate in my researches; having obtained, 
in the short space of four days, between three 
and four hundred new species. Respecting 
these it is not necessary to add more than I 
have already said, as an ample account of them 
will be given in another place. 
“ In our visit to the hills we saw very few 
wild animals. Of the larger, those said to exist 
are a small species of cow, called by the Bur- 
mans Shat; elephants, hogs, a few deer, tigers, 
leopards, and monkeys. The elephants appeared 
to be very numerous, and troublesome to the 
inhabitants. On the second night of our ar¬ 
rival, the village we were at was alarmed by a 
