they struck At ;the{§aEtt^titwfi d%l%|^np!|r)lb
remark, that scarcely any t woper sops; will, tapply/the, same
English1 letters to the- sariie Birman words: this variation,
whrch extends to the writiög>ed' ali Orieotal kngyages, and
is not easily t© h e remedk^grèatiy.d&couragns^he English
reader and
■the affairs of dndiai»; In |yhe4nante^.i!f(pl#Cös ^ftïgnJ&S"
ral followed the orthography-êf Mr. W^6©d,-^ hi§'»ei!^^!lfifct
Chart of the Irrawaddy; the great river o f Ava. to
In theprosecution of this iwork l havfe ékipèri%itëé^I®
manyacts' of (friendly attention, that wéte»! to ;;ertum&ir site
all the* favours conferred on me, I should occupy those
roota, than the limifs óflaprëfaèe wilhaëdw.Tl’hreipatsEohagè
of the East-India Cöinparty is ever e^tend^«fcWseftóte>
cart supply useful tinfiaianatiorton Oriental .tQpies;wbils§ the
encburagemeht which I received from thismmnfibembody,
was rendered doubly- gratifying; t?y> ihfepolitëness^oh Mr.
Inglis, then Chairman, and Mr. 'Bosan^u#s ;D,©putyhfèhMrr
sistartee^uJ-men preeminently distingW^hed; rJs&WèimÊ&
my book owes its most valuable content^ Sir Joseph Banks
selected and*described the plants; Mr.A>alryinple,.?[s before
mentioned, compiled the General Map; and Mr. Wilkins
favoured me with the Shariscrit Alphabet, and pointed out*
the analogy of the9 ■ lantgudge^v g ‘Co these gentlemen my
acknoWèédgrnentSMare particularly due, whilst, abstracted
from a sense of personal obligation, it js a subject of pleasing
reflection,' that, in England, he who. fairLy .endeavours to
Communicate beneficial hr? curious information, can never
fail, however <he may be a stranger, to. obtain the disinterested
aid of plksons,, themselves amongst the most celebrated
*fbr learning, ahd .who aKé the s patrons of literature
in pthers. It constitutes, a, part. :of the .national character,
of that native liberality* which,may heltr^gqd under various^
shapes; and is manifested in different, forms,, through every
gradation of society,, and amidst .eyseryjt^l^js, of men, who
have the happirtessto>boast a British birth-right.
I cannot quit thee subject witnopt) offering my .tribute of
thanks to my noble; friend) Lord Teignmouth, with whom
the missionto Avaroriginated; he selected me to execute-
the plans which he had formed; and his approbation of
my labours, is numbered amongst the most flattering circumstances'
of my life.
' , ' Welbec&rslreet,
February a lk y 180.o.
MICHAEL SYMESF.