THE 
' JOURNAL 
OF THE 
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO 
AND 
EASTERN ASIA. 
BOUGH NOTES ON THE GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL 
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TENASSERIM PROVINCES. 
By Edward Riley, Esq. 
The following rough memoranda are intended to supply 
the want of information, geographical and geological, 
which the necessarily defective chart of these Provinces doe3 
not afford; and in the absence of more scientific exposition, 
regarding the physical characteristics of the country, they 
may serve to direct a more particular attention to the deve¬ 
lopment of its various and valuable resources; a practical 
knowledge of which, after nearly a quarter of a century of 
occupation, is so lamentably deficient, that up to the present 
period, with the exception of the able reports of Captain 
Tremenheere on the coal, tin and manganese of the lower 
Province of Mergui, we possess no established data to serve 
as a guide to any scientific research and demonstration that 
may hereafter be instituted. # ' 
The Coast line of the Tenasserim Provinces extends from 
the Pak-chian river in 9° 58” N. to the Salwin river in 16* 
36” N. the latter forming the boundary between Burmah 
VOL. III. NO. VII, JULY, 1849. D 
