tbrbiigh! tie waier; was! very j ^ i J lK g | Jf»$ AfqftoW&t*
one time it blew so violently that w&
Ttimrange^ihiHs; ,wibkh jil^
^ ^ w iw « .g M a ^ b<pjwte a blue mist. We passed some villages of no
note:. tlie ■country seemed populous, and herds of Rattle were .grazing j on
the banks. About seven •o’clock we brought to for the.night on the. west
At seven in iJiejmoming, after a night'
rmcornfcrtabie stoatfo%-ahd saiAed till.we eame -to ;an -ex-ten&we,!isla|^
which divided the two branches ; W6 took the eastern side, and on
atdoHj^rof^he i®Iei®^iey<t®{Hhe weatherjdtattghMo i$t the-foSE®" fowi*!®|f'
Loonghee, -opposite;4he*wntli extremity of the island. .Alte ’width hfrtfal
stream ^tween.thteinainiland and -the i island is.iabQnt,ii^ya®ds.<i Jn the
afternoon the rain leased, But the-wind continued. Dr. Buchanan and I
walked to-a convent of -Rhahaans, that seemed to be of more than ordinary
noteTjwe -found -it a good building, .and ascending a flight .of steps,
took the liberty of entering without ceremony.I The neatness of the inside
corresponded with the external appearance : a number opGaudmas, richly
gilt, and of various sizes, were ranged on -a-bench to receive!the adorations
of the pious. It was;t-heieighth day of the moon, which is the Birman sabbath,
and several persons were sauntering up and down, waiting for the -hour
•of prayer. The superior, aman advanced in years, was sitting on his elevated
seat when we went in : he expressed much surprise at our appearance and
dress, but was extremely civil: he presented me with a scroll, writtenwith
ia. stylus on a ..papyrus leaf, which, .he said, contained a sacred exhortation,
and requested I would preserve-it in' remembrance of Shoedagonga Sere-
daw, which,;.:it seems, was .his-title. He asked .why -the Doctor wlid^nat
! and 4 ‘feihg informed of his-'profession, beg-
ged*a--ii#^t¥ip®clrSf0f*h: forl'-thrdat,- which 4>lrrtosfc tendered him from -arft-
iiidtM ^h1Thfe<BNfiild?iih0tfs e d 3'ioKsend)%ihi1a gargle,!andfwe toofeeturieave.
'''T h e infant don OP the’M&'yjwbbn fed-'-befen unwell fop-some- time, and
^iis • ilIn^3s'JMrfd -now iiierealsed','fto‘'dJ'dangeroui,,h@ig&-:,ithe ’-anxious -patent
sent Bahk^Shefeh 'to' rrie'to intfimatetes de'Siredf<renvainiOg swhe&g'we were
•iihtii Ms -ehild -grew bettefjJthe kfSfhpesAausnesa of the we-Ilfter- agitattifig
f¥he-l!datisdJmucfti^hat!^ ,was1JaM id :if'MgMM-ikyfe^se -thfe fbvefc Thad-rio
*§§hi|ilie ‘ife® ifldm^i'n^f‘sd Jina2uMf’ -a <%^i®,li!mid^'a®¥iheisp§1'0'>w:ei-Weii0 in
^ ^ i^ ^ f e x f r o s h tf ^ h n c l had* min^-cfiSadvaife^ywe - mWed AMatoipf e
%h"&ttiibdio'tt.?isttuaiS6tl, wo'telltesf hi gft'er hip, dp^bsitedht! .noith*! fend1 o&tfe
^landV^A^'afr^o^hvaS-dS^cfed-ieX-prbss ho hHekapital'- W-biteg. down
f e ® Jlhe>,i?arid\-redfebMted ‘phbfessdr’of p hysk ifeba# -tlm ^ ih die
,-|ih,ysrdlahs,'Of'the ShuntBjf^tO ths^mlmbet *of- twenty, were -assembled, - -to
m s i i l t 1* » presctfttefor US? sWk infant.;
■k-'koohglfed;! or ''Great stable,, takes it^temae from'-ffieifoll5^ing‘ cirbiBh-
tandeb ^ ads&ftcjhkligainent of stone unites a^jftt^d-todk^hfcKwSsWinthe
priMdle of ffif 'stream, with'thkdp^bMf;’ batik'; k >h ^ k h d vSp^eiai'^hee»ib f a
pdtrihed cable, a id the natives -reflhlcjAhat one hunched 'v t‘aV{,t'hgo<a 1*3%:
tope, floating'down the-river,-ceased its course at this-pfeck. and (hah ernetothe
bank^fchedrbpe wah bhaflgM
X fe ^ sfitte . They*kl&t> say^ihat -fhe idpph§itie’dt9and‘formetly^ohstitWdi* a
f^tt'C^ifeev-^fiftealdS Slel n miles-highti up,’but w is severed horri'iISJh^'tin
^»earthquake, and carried down to ' the p l a c e . - ‘no-tv f e s ^ s®®TOjPa-
;iky which,*lhe-waters-df'iihe Inawaddyupossc-ss^yP drtfngmgGiftctnfl' into,
.-stone, -of whioh w e afterwards t saWMrnSHtaer-able'JinstanOetfj -reftder-sc'-the
-to»nsnnrtation‘of-thp5idble*bY Bb^peans an fepossiblte-feireuihstilike. The