TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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extensive area of the place, and some large quar¬ 
ters are, indeed, wholly destitute of habitations, 
and mere neglected commons. Including one 
large one in the suburb, lying between the town 
and the little river, there are eleven markets or 
bazars, composed, as usual, of thatched huts and 
sheds : the three largest are called Je-kyo, Sara- 
wadi, and Shan-ze. We passed more than once 
through the greater number of these markets, and 
found them well supplied, at least, on an estimate 
of the wants and habits of the people. Besides 
native commodities, there are exposed for sale in 
them such of the produce of China and Lao as are 
used by the Burmans, with British cottons, wool¬ 
lens, glass, and earthenware. 
In Ava, of course, there are many temples, the 
tall white, or gilded spires of which, give to the 
distant view of the place a splendid and imposing 
appearance, far from being realized on a closer exa¬ 
mination. Some of the principal of these may 
be enumerated: the largest of all is called Lo-ga- 
thar-bu and consists of two portions, or rather of 
two distinct temples ; one in the ancient, the other 
in the modern form. In the former, there is an 
image of Gautama in the common sitting posture, 
of enormous magnitude. Colonel Symes imagined 
this statue to be a block of marble; but this is a 
mistake, for it is composed of sandstone. A se¬ 
cond very large temple is called Angwa Se-kong; 
and a third, Ph’ra-l’ha, or “ the beautiful.” A 
