VI 
CONTENTS. 
Rangoon.—Action between tbe Burmese and Insurgents. 
Interview with the Wungyi, or Viceroy of Pegu.—-Letter from 
the Burmese Council to the Governor-General.—Departure 
from Rangoon for Martaban.—Description of the Town of 
Rangoon. . . . • • .10 
CHAPTER III. 
Departure from the mouth of the Rangoon river for Martaban. 
—New Settlement.—Military Cantonment.—Voyage up the 
Ataran river in the steam-vessel, and account of the country 
on its banks.—Island of Balu.—Account of a former Journey 
up the Martaban river, and of the formation of the Settle¬ 
ment of Amherst.—Departure from Martaban, and arrival 
at Calcutta.—General reflections respecting our Political Re¬ 
lations with the Burmese. . - . .58 
CHAPTER IV. 
Different Tribes inhabiting the Burman territory.—Burmese— 
their physical form—customs—dress—progress in the useful 
arts—in higher branches of knowledge—kalendar—epochs— 
weights and measures—navigation and geography—language 
and literature—religion. . . . .93 
CHAPTER V. 
Orders of Society.—Nobility.—Priesthood.—Privileged Mer¬ 
chants.—Free Labourers.—Bond Creditors and Slaves.—Out¬ 
casts.—Form of Government.—Councils of State.—Munici¬ 
pal Administration.—Administration of Justice.—Character 
of.—Expenses attending.—Written Laws.—Military Forces. 
—System of Taxation.— Condition of Landed Tenures.— 
House Tax.—Family or Poll-tax on the Karyens and other 
wild races.—Tax on Fisheries.—Eggs of the Green Turtle, and 
esculent Swallows’ Nests.—Duty on Petroleum, or Earth-oil. 
—Gold, Silver, and Sapphire Mines.—Teak Forests.—Duties 
