CONTENTS 
OF 
THE SECOND VOLUME. 
CHAPTER I. 
Description of the Capital.—Ava. — Name, Site, and Fortifi¬ 
cations. — Dwellings. — Markets.—Temples.—Town of Sagg¬ 
ing.—Towns and Districts annexed to the Capital.—Popula¬ 
tion. ...... page 1 
CHAPTER II. 
Mission quits Ava.—Difficult navigation of the Irawadi in the 
dry season.—Description of Temples at Nyaong-Ku.—Manu¬ 
factory of lackered ware at that place.—Fossil remains on 
the western bank of the river.—Dispatches sent to Bengal by 
the route of Arracan, and news received of an Insurrection of 
the Peguans.—Description of the country in the vicinity of 
the Petroleum Wells.—Steam-vessel takes the ground on a 
sand-bank, and is detained for eight days.—Remarkable dis¬ 
covery of Fossil Bones.—River Pirates.—Arrival at Prome.— 
Fossil remains there.—Visit to the Promontory of Kyaok-ta- 
ran, and arrival within the Delta of the Irawadi.—Arrival at 
Henzada.—Entrance into the Panlang branch of the Irawadi. 
—Farther account of the Insurrection of the Peguans.—Com¬ 
munication held with the Insurgents at Panlang.—Arrival at 
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