TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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elephant especially. We landed nowhere with¬ 
out finding the fresh tracks of these last, which 
appeared to be in vast numbers. In Mr. Scot¬ 
land’s visit to the Three Pagodas, performed by 
land, he saw not less than a hundred. The Ka- 
rians, who accompanied him, shot one elephant, 
a rhinoceros, and several hogs : the elephant, which 
was a large female, was killed with a single mus¬ 
ket-ball, which hit her in the forehead, passing 
directly into the brain. The flesh of all these 
animals is eaten indiscriminately by all the races 
inhabiting this country. Two species of monkey 
were seen by ourselves in great numbers, especi¬ 
ally on the limestone ranges, over the abrupt and 
frightful sides of which they were seen clamber¬ 
ing with apparent ease and unconcern. 
The birds which we saw were numerous pea¬ 
fowl ; the common fowl in a wild state, and nume¬ 
rous flocks of a large green pigeon. Among the 
productions of this country, honey and bees’ wax 
are very considerable ones. By the report of the 
natives, there are five species of bee producing 
honey and wax, some of which are without stings. 
Our people brought on board several honey¬ 
combs ; and on splitting up the trunk of a tree 
for fuel, we found a fissure in the middle of it, 
extending nearly throughout, and containing ho¬ 
ney and wax. The bee, in this case, was without 
a sting, and not one-half the size of a common fly, 
Jan. SO .—We dropped down a short way last 
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