2 6 4 e m b a S-sY to a v a .
testearthes-often ma<fe m(?a|#ferisiMk4«>r4iiS saiety,inWiandering through -
the thifekets inTqS6sVoTpaiits, fhea¥#thef-revert o f a musket at a ld ig te c e ;
bit his -approach to the spot- 'he'fauntl- sorwe pekSants abeutto, sk in ah u l'-
•lock that'had just bednfeilted fey a 1% # t 'th e c lot lad- caused the animal
to abandon hisprey/ and in its retreat it most fortunately--took another
way from that which the Doctor came. Tins was not the (M f time -that
bis thirst after knowledge, And reliance upon his gun, led him into danger.
A musket is a very precarious ■ defence against the sudden assault of the
most ferocious and terrible of all animals.
Whilst we were at tea, the Seree informed us, th a t further on there is a
small river which enters the -Irrawaddy, at a-place called Yoo-wa, ,and that
two days journey up this river is a large town called Yoo-miou; he ob-
servedalso, that an-extensive tract of country is inhabited by a people called
Yoo, whom he represented as exceedingly ugly, having protuberant bellies,
andwhiteteeth. The Birmans, both men and women, colour their teeth, then
eyelashes, and the edges of their eyelids, with black.-' The Yoos are subjects
Of the Birman -State,1 and observe the same religious worship; they speak the
language of Tavay, w hich is nothing more than a provincial dialect ol the
Birtnan tongue.
We left our nightly station at the Customary hour, and favoured b y a fair
breeze, sailed through a country diversified by small barren hills, on which
there was little vegetation; and by green fertile valleys, cultivated, and
laid out in farms.' The petrifactions, like those we found at Yaynangheoum,
* This custom is not confined to the Birmans, particularly the operation of colouring the
eyelashes ; the women of Hindostan and Persia commonly practice i t ; they deem it hene-
' ficial, as well as becoming. The collyrium they use is called Surma, the Persian name of
^antimony.
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»tgiB ffeqwcftt It®? f indigo M | jrjqw>ing,Jjte,(me of ^Ije^aJley^. Afe^uJ;
i-T-fJy-f. nfobjick WalpaTpe tp p -mp i n ^ ; S i p rofo(^g d .fp ^ tQ v th |: river,
i n m d / v l u ^ l j ; t ! i ul.uit set, with m u nimhpjm 1
jv.ejte a hmg^yiie ;y d p i pot ^u^iiudl^cqt j t tyd^uut
digic^ity spie,43ag®Vito
.piy- ■as.si^ar'r.c. B illS to d gm m qm U ed ^ JrM ^ ^ j^d im epL W ^yme-to
fLiCaflfP level bank, wfeerp the$e wa^ d jp ^ d s ^ ® and.manv
ggttje ;.(§egngi^o. i£$ large , t o ^ i , ‘m4y,()f
a ^jteat Jlf^aacg alonga^e ^tpjn'-bmg^, wpre ^ u ilt dp^e tm
iheiBseE, $Kg;did,n#t m ^ e ^Ujqhwpiyiiup.ljiiy^j ,s j(mniey.Ml|hpmrht(juj^
M®.ur g f e j l i ' Jn^he^vgiung.
|gge, whei,e jtlie inbdJ.uUuti> ftef. tljyi ^udi.SM^t
palmyra tree, of which they make tolerably good sugar.
Although. th e iS # ^ ? 'A ? jri^er is ,ipmic^t^ra^ sm t^ t l^ ^ -^ ji^ d h.u^
*en,; ygt.) fa,s ..wf. ia<lvartr.^d ppiitbwards
increased- f e e r y-litdehilf.jand.rjsing grqpgd*WM'Crow^d ^ithjL t e n p l ^
*hat ofd.ngah-uunda.is.distinsuislapd.fprJ^S' superitp Iupp>/,
k>al«^ant»maaa;tof ^M id f a ^ .i e l^ w a f te d - t^ ^ ^ 4 r c p I ^ te iy ^ th e base is
.pakped with differ-enttcofours.,anddhg cupola is ^ ig ^ ^ g ild e jl.,
laeayingtfhe item p le t-g f^q ^h ^p i^ ih , jr e annrQaGhed.thpftpnfetmagni-
hcent city <>f.Pav.ah*n. iWienoouM see .litde. moredrom4l ^ iyep.athan a,few
-straggling :hon?ss,-.which.bore the appeal an«, ^.con-
•BestedatEefitiiiipi&cL f r e e l y any,ihmg remains
cept -itsmume-rous i®ifii)ild§i;hlg tfsflaples, # iid .|fes vestiges of an old brick>
&rt, the-ramparfo of which Arc still t^ je -tr a t^ l. The jgggt, of Neoundah,
about:,fourmilesdo-ihe;north, which qia,y
gahm, has flourished in proportion as! the latter hij& decayed. i»W?:Bsl§§§^
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