tains The forests';, like most o f the,woodyiand unbultivated parts cifTrxfilia,
stFé’ extremely pestiferous $ an inhabitant ■ofqther.ch’ampaign GQ.uhlry considers
a fotttfilÿ-; tbitjfeig fkv^ÔMg, So»raevitàfifeTsdeitraêdpri.g ■ ®hé
euttbrs %rf>rafpfo'fibular class o fiin eo fljb ^ ad d th )f|% ^P®MM; nipy©® tftsy
are said to be unhealthy, and seldom attain longevity.
The difficulty of this day’s journey had dispersed tlie.fleet ; thelightest and
best manned boats of course got a-head of the. rest, and several wére obliged
to join their crews,, and carry up each vessel singly by their united strength.
H a ifa mile above Sahlahdan I overtook the Maywoon, who had arrived
some time before me, and was waiting for us. The boatmen being' greatly
harassed, he recommended us to pass the night here. In the evening we took
a walk together : the Maywoon was attended by eight or ten servants
armed with spears and musquets : we both fired at game without success.
The Birmans, even the common boatmen, are fond of fowling to a degree
of childish delight; sooner than not shoot they will fire at sparrows. I
never was more importuned than b y them for shot, which they do not
know how to fabricate. No schoolboy could be more-pleased than the
Leedegee of my boat, when I one evening lent him a guir to shoot
wild pigeons. In this, as well as many other particulars, their disposition
is strikingly contrasted w ith the habits of apathy and indole'nçe that
characterize the natives of Asia in general. My companions,' Dr. Buchanan
and Mr. Wood,'not joining the party before dark, I expressed my apprehensions
about them to the Maywoon, who was so good as to dispatch
a war-boat to their assistance ; the Doctor came, about ten o’gfoek, but
Mr. Wood’s people being quite exhausted, he was obliged to stop three
miles short of .us, and the baggage-boat did not arrive at all. A little after
midnight I was awakened to receive the unpleasant intelligence that she
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stern-way, and when once
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bulged, and wahr . 11a people
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Iwliiih fiu^otdwn'jaglinc by a?grant T * *‘tS
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were fatigued, and' the seiva',f f l y t i o g u ml rcqmiul < f^ ? rt i i |j |w ad.
just their conveniences for the remainder of the voyage.
* The country contiguous to the river in this day’s journey, was pleasingly
diversified with hill and valley,’and wdth spots of c le red ground and
hanging woods : the range ofmounlains retired.in a westerly direction as
we advanced to the north, but smaller hills still skirted the river. We
sailed before a fine southerly breeze, and enjoyed a climate far more
temperate than I ever experienced in Hindostan at the same season of the
year.