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JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
The following is a sketch of the measures and 
weights in use amongst the Burmans. The mea¬ 
sures of distance are these ; viz. 
10 
Cha-k’hyis, 
or l 
} 
hair-breadths (se- ! 
> 1 
N’hon. 
samum-seed.) 
) 
6 
N’hons 
= 
1 
Mo-yau. 
4 
Mo-yaus 
= 
1 
T’liit (finger-breadth.) 
8 
T’hits 
= 
1 
Maik (hand-breadth.) 
11 
Maiks 
= 
1 
T’hwa (span). 
2 
T’hwas 
= 
1 
Taong (cubit). 
4 
Taongs 
= 
1 
Lan (fathom). 
7 
Taongs 
=== 
1 
Ta (bamboo). 
20 
Tas 
1 
Ok-tha-pa. 
20 
Ok-tha-pas 
= 
1 
Kosa. 
4 
Kosas 
= 
1 
Gawot. 
40 
Gawots 
= 
1 Ujana. 
7000 
Taongs, or 1 
cubits ) 
= 
1 
Taing. 
The finger-breadth, above alluded to, is that 
of the fore-finger taken at the middle point. 
The hand-breadth includes the extended thumb. 
These two, with the span, the cubit, the bamboo, 
and the taing, are the measures in most frequent 
use. The royal cubit, which is the standard, was 
exhibited to us at the conferences, and, upon 
being carefully compared, was found to measure 
exactly 19r 0 English inches. According to this, 
the Burman finger-breadth is of an inch ; the 
fathom 76r 0 inches; the bamboo 133-; and the 
