TO THE COURT OF AYA. 
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racan, divided into four provinces ; a part of the 
province of Martaban; and the entire provinces 
of Re, or Ye, Tavoy, and Mergui. 
Arracan is divided from Pegu and Ava by a 
natural barrier of mountains, running in a con¬ 
tinued range from North to South, called by the 
different names of Yaoma and Bokaong. Their 
termination is at the Cape of Negrais, called, in 
the Burman language, the Promontory of Man- 
ten, in about 16° north latitude ; but the limit of 
their origin is very uncertain. They seem to be 
of primary formation, chiefly composed of slate 
and granite ; and their highest peaks, while 
bounding Arracan, vary in height from two hun¬ 
dred to eight thousand feet. To the South and 
West, Arracan is bounded b^ the Bay of Bengal 
and the Naf river; and it is separated in the last- 
named quarter, and the North, from the Ben¬ 
gal province of Chittagong, by the Naf river 
and Waili hills. Arracan has been computed 
to contain sixteen thousand square English miles. 
Its provinces or subdivisions are, Arracan, cor¬ 
rectly Rakaing, to the north ; Ramri, to the south 
of Arracan ; Sandawey, properly Than-dwa, to the 
south of Ramri ; and the island of Cheduba, 
called by the Burmese, Manaong. Each of these, 
under the Burman administration, had its own se¬ 
parate Myowun, or governor. The greater por¬ 
tion of Arracan consists either of high mountains 
or very low lands, the latter nearly marshes, and 
