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walking along the bank is practicable, they are 
dragged by the crew, numerous of course on this 
account. 
The principal points where the internal trade of 
the kingdom concentrates itself, may be stated to 
be, the capital, Rangoon, Tongo, and Bassein. 
The inhabitants of the sea-ports, and of the lower 
parts of Pegu, generally take to the capital and 
upper provinces, as articles of trade, rice, salt, 
pickled and dried fish, and foreign commodities. 
The Shans, or people of Lao, import into Ava 
cotton and silk stuffs ; some raw silk, varnish, 
stick lac, ivory, bees-wax, lacquer ware, swords, 
gold, lead, and tin; and they take back to their 
own country similar articles with those imported 
into Ava from the lower country ; by far the 
most considerable of these being salt, with pickled 
and dried fish. The articles exported from Ava 
for the consumption of the lower provinces, con¬ 
sist of petroleum, salt-petre, lime, paper, lacquer 
ware, cotton and silk fabrics, iron, cutlery, some 
brass-ware, terra japonica, palm sugar, onions, ta¬ 
marinds, &c. &c. 
The Chinese of Yunan conduct a considerable 
traffic with the Barman empire, the principal marts 
of it being the capital, or rather a place six 
miles to the north-east of it, called Mide, and 
B’hamo, the chief place of a province of the same 
name bordering upon China. This branch of 
trade is chiefly in the hands of the Chinese, being 
