TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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taing, 2 miles, 193 yards, 2 feet, 8 inches. The 
Kosa and Ujana are, in all probability, from their 
names, borrowed from India : they are not in use. 
Burmese weights are as follow 
2 Small Rw6s = 1 Large Rwe. 
4 Large do. = 1 Bai. 
2 Bais 
2 Mus 
1 Mu. 
1 Mat’h. 
1 Kyat. 
1 Paiktha. 
4 Mat’hs 
100 Kyats 
The small rwe here named is the Arbrus 
precatorius , and the larger bean that of the 
Adenanthera pavonina. The kyat is the weight 
which we have called the tical, and the paiktha 
is our vis. I believe both words are corruptions 
borrowed from the Mohammedan merchants of 
India, sojourning in the Burman country. The 
origin of the word tical I have not been able to 
ascertain. That of the other is sufficiently curi¬ 
ous. The p and v are commutable consonants. 
The Mohammedan sojourners cannot pronounce 
the th of the Burmans, and always substitute 
an s for it. The h is mute even in the Burman 
pronunciation, and the final a is omitted by Eu¬ 
ropeans only. Thus, we have the word Paiktha 
commuted into Vis! This measure is equal to 
3 lbs. S Avoirdupois. 
The representations of the different Burmese 
weights are uniform and well regulated. They 
consist of masses of brass, of which the handle, or 
