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Wagru, then distant two miles. This place, once 
the seat of government of a dynasty of Peguan 
kings in the thirteenth century, was now nearly 
without inhabitants, having been deserted in the 
great emigration of Talains into the Siamese ter¬ 
ritory. The river which we had now examined is 
called, in the Talain language, the Kalyen, and 
sometimes that of Wagru. Many small but navi¬ 
gable streams join the main branch. We ascend¬ 
ed one of these, on the left bank of the river near 
its mouth, in our boats, as it appeared to lead to 
the neighbourhood of our proposed settlement. 
It brought us to a small village, the inhabitants of 
which were fishermen and salt manufacturers. 
These poor people expressed no apprehension at 
our appearance, but proceeded without disturbance 
in their usual occupations, obligingly answering 
all our questions. This feeling of confidence to¬ 
wards us is, I believe, at present general through¬ 
out the whole Talain population, and I trust our 
conduct may always be such as not to forfeit it. 
“ By dawn of day on the 3d, we landed again 
on the promontory, and repeated our examina¬ 
tion. Passing to the south-west of the cape, we 
proceeded along a beautiful sandy beach, shaded 
from the morning sun by a high bank on our left, 
covered with overhanging trees, many of them in 
fruit and flower; our Indian servants feasting 
upon the Jamun , which was found in great abun¬ 
dance. After a distance of about a mile and a 
