that if I had sustaiaeffany.injuryf hisheadswauld have paid .theifcrfeifcnf
AeraceideBt. -T
The country inland appeared tö -ImrdAssd.sfirbes^ aadd»tfshwe®dvio a
considerable distance; but jtttni;the;ha*tks’ ö£ the
souths thethickets bordetediOB-Ae vidftgöjTOd, I was toldv -abounded-, ip
jimgliv* fowl, a n d peacocks; vbÉfetBy ip y e retjuestedrl-’would ddifSiPIMrB
in, for fear oftigbTs, which* besaid» f e p e n tly name pi?®#*®* round Ab
at might, and sometimes oarried away -Adfe dogs, ®8l
attaektheir buffaloes, who, to all appearance, were a match for any tiger,
and almost as fierce. The inhabitants also compIainedT of . being much
molested in the wet season by wild elephants, that occupy, in great numbers,
a forest twelve miles to the north-east. These powerful animals, alluied
by the early crops of rice and sugar, cane, make predatory excursions in
large troops, and do a great deal of mischief, devastating more than they
deypur. The poor peasantry have often to lament the destruction of their
most exposed plantations.
Next morning before daylight we left Deesa with the first of at
ten o’clock we reachedRangoon,
the town. Baba-Sheen, who had travelled all night, arrived Abut., Ae
same hour from Pegue.
How much it is to be lamented, that the country we had just left, one
of the fairest and most healthful on the globe; should remain, for the greater
part, a solitary desert, whilst so many of the human race are condemned
to languish away life in noxious regions, or extract, by incessant labour, a
* This is 'a bird well known to spbrtsimen;fn India; it differs little from the common
barn-door fowl, eiccept that the wild sort are all of one colour-a dark red, with black breast
and legs. The f-'esh is very delicate.
Scanty - bjb8istenee''-&'Om ai.bap'emwsoil. V Th e ttatwe§’bftAeadjaeeüb islands
©flNfoöbar, fwh9^ï^.ollentMtóh®«ndidi^etaS‘edkb.odi&8t!.eiyiiQe'iJ>lSiefipestileiiï
tial^afeaospherathtsyjibreibhe jj^^fiAexe^pifdverusefhhinfemberS ^ g e rle ra l
Jd(aetyfft^W&?tl^6pjoyment:s.Q%a^,alphiaón.sjv:è3i®nal>^ supply-'-their
andt;o®ntrihpt€t,ftOi relieve Ad-wants ofeoAesgt.)! -.But i#musfeKequirs tailong
add I (uninterrupted -tefem .-of spea#e»ito, r renew AehpopufatiAU of, Pegue,
Shpplddt ever he- so fortunate; Aero-cab; hfjliktlesd®uht‘fA#t'PégiiÉ'>willfb0
numbered amongs t Abi most - flourishing andrd^^Atjbt.cppntrfo^ of the
i-j|#ttó8' ;
Ép^hfetauthoiidesf^n-iW.hiehjAe, geography ofHhe city-; and riveilpfi-Pegne
has beenlaidhdöfifois Aoughydoubtfess AMbi^k’AsföépJÖdlteépï^Pflsd^iare
nevertheless 1 -far jfomifbe®g, adéurdte*,' -The »Ssfegses river 1 isé^fêdi^NpS Ae
native#IBii§ïp0b^i(mp^@K*il!t$föb»t^
It is .nhvigabfe: .
A,bgue,‘.' andt€©r this itds- indebt ad'.whèliyito ^he-ast-iomof'thbtide.’i If has
rmiGöihmunication witlbthei.sea*
ii&ÖAïBsw^iatfeè®i^5W>ater,V(is''MpiosïSd^|5. tTkbWildfri Ais*®
takeof®hiS9tream-ferAe:Sitkngvriver,yabauèv®heen3niles-eaS6;ofePeguev
ifeidMdssa irelik snddndependcnt'. body ofiwater,' Aat ,parf|ys^de5sckSthe& the
(parse-tfokt is g iv en ip th e map, to
««tfeirdoesiAe meridiam'mèasurementoftóieteifcyrf Pegue, abreportfed Jay
fotbibbtravellers, at all.Törrespond'with Iatefï.pbservationsi Mr.JVood,- an
accurate astfonomer,-and-furnished withexGellent-mStruinentS^pl'kcfegPegue
ïn I; 1° 40' north latitude, above foltyigéographieal miles .sntiA e f the posh-
tioht assigned to it in the 'map. Thé difference in JbngSJhideAsilfiss than
that e f latitude! *Mr.'Woodpfromia.meaH'efiobservationsAf'thedmnieTsfon
and bmemion of Jupiter’s satehifeis^ Atóntoines-Pegdertb' be in? 96* t i l 'd Sty