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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
A modern Burmese Temple at Sagaing. 
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 Settlement 
of Amherst.—Departure from Martaban, and arrival at Cal¬ 
cutta_General Reflections respecting our Political Relations 
with the Burmese. 
Jan. 24 .— Yesterday evening we passed the 
mouth of the Rangoon river, and by sunset were 
clear of its sands and shoals. Through night, fa¬ 
voured by the smooth sea and calm weather which 
