JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ASIATIC SOCIETY. 
No. III. 1862. 
Account of a visit to Puppa doung, an extinct volcano in Upper 
Burma.—Bg William T. Blanforl, F. G. S. 
The isolated peak of Puppa # doung (more commonly but incor¬ 
rectly written Paopa doung) must have attracted the attention of 
every one who has passed along the Irawaddi valley between Yenan- 
khyoung and Minkhyan. Por some distance below and above Pagan, 
especially, it is a most conspicuous object, and there is certainly no 
hill seen from the Irawaddi between Itangoon and Ava, nor perhaps 
until the Shwc-u-toung is seen from Male, which forms an equally 
striking feature in the varying and picturesque landscape of the river 
valley. This is not because Puppa is much higher than other moun¬ 
tains seen from the river, many of the more lofty portions of the 
Arakan Yoma must nearly equal it in elevation, but they are far less 
prominent, because they only rise slightly above the remainder of 
the range, the general contour of which is rounded and uninterest¬ 
ing ; while Puppa stands completely alone, its steep sides and craggy 
top, the latter frequently capped with clouds, towering majestically 
over the low ridges of sandstone sparsely scattered over the country 
in its neighbourhood. From the difficulty of access to the interior 
of upper Burma, except in the immediate neighbourhood of the river 
Irawaddi below the capital, Puppa has, so far as I am aware, never 
been reached by any European; and, therefore, although my visit 
was most hasty, a short account of it may prove interesting, by 
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