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[No. 3, 
Account of a visit to Puppd doling. 
From Taywan doung, I could also see distinctly tliat all the upper 
portion of the peak was free from jungle and covered with grass, a 
circumstance which suggested sufficient elevation to produce an al¬ 
teration of the climate at the top. 
The road led along the E. side of the Taywan hills, for several 
miles, to a place called Kama, where I found some wooden charpoys 
arranged under a shed for our accommodation. The village, like all 
others which I saw on the road, was a very poor one of about twenty 
houses, which are built differently from any that I have before met 
with in Burma, there being no flooring of bamboos or planks raised 
above the ground. The earth here, as in India, forms the floor, the 
skeleton of the house is built as usual of wood and the sides and 
roof closed in with palmyra leaves. Toungwen and Kwebyo were 
rather larger than Kama. All these villages obtain their water 
from tanks, which are of small size, and must frequently dry up in 
the hot weather. Wells, in this sandy region, would probably re¬ 
quire to be dug to a depth far exceeding Burmese capabilities, and 
the broad torrent beds, which abound, never contain water except 
immediately after very heavy rain. 
October 27th —The road from Kama led for some distance nearly 
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due East to a village called Kwe-byo. The country between this 
and the Taywan hills is only cultivated in patches, the greater por¬ 
tion being covered with a thin jungle,* composed almost entirely 
of the cutch tree, ( acacia catechu,') the jujube plum, ( zizyphus ,) and 
the zhi phyu or amra, ( Phyllanthus , I believe,) the acid fruits of 
which are as much relished by the Burmese as by the natives of 
India. The Euphorbia, which abounds near the river’s bank, is com¬ 
paratively scarce a short distance inland. 
After passing Ivwe-byo, the jungle became thicker and more vari¬ 
ed, resembling the thinner jungles of Bengal and Orissa, the soil also 
became more gravelly and ferruginous. Wild animals are said to be 
very scarce, the only kinds which are found being the barking deer 
and the tha-meng ( Panolia ) and leopards. Hares ( Lepus Peguensis) 
abound however. I here first saw some of the furnaces in which the 
* There is a great resemblance between this country and some parts of South¬ 
ern India. The scenery between Pagan and Kwe-byo recalled to me that 
between Trichinopoly and the Kilgiris, especially from Caroor to the base of the 
hills. The resemblance is increased by the thorn fences round all the fields and 
patches of cultivation. 
