Birman accounts; but probable that Ifaqir dowioiw» stretch ffiill , for*
ther to should, however, he remarked, that the breadth -often
varies, and is in many places very inconsiderable, or) what- is called the
Eastern Befrihsula. !ty
Dr. Buchanan, in the summary* or general the geqgjpphical
materials whi<h he collet tcdi 'thus expresses, himself <=F -Ihej-subject of
rivers:—Jt appears ** that the Awacan river is. wot so.-considerable |a | |
“ what has been supposed, but lakes its ^e^ifa-hyis a t u n s e a t distanf|
44 to the'north.-
T 41 That the. river1 coming from Thibet, #$i?hs>is supposed to be that gif
44 Airacan, is m fact the Keenduem 01 ihep^®w$to»fi$bi uf( li^oijtlfc
it4 Ava-riy^-.-: v
•» That wliat is supposed to be the western hr inch ofi|||&Inuw ulils
« in feerriie e'astern
44 keeping west from the province of Yuiiau, u m l ^ e a v m g « * h e £ « * d if it a n d
J^Vthat part nfteftfria..a-^oantry^hiemlg iy e Birmans,
fp'*“ That'the Loukiang, % ip l 'is s&piiosed foVl» M 'feat brancli of the
Inawaddy, has no eominunit alum willi that iivu^R?^^^rnta.ing'the'
« Birman 'dominions- assumes the name oi
41 fells into-the sea at Martaban.
“ That the river ol Pegue,»which is supposed to Lome tiom (Jii'h.a^i’ises
«■ among hills about 100 miles from the sea and wlueli foim the Imnud u.y
>41 between the Birman and Peguc" kin'gdonis.*'^
“ That between the Pegue and Martaban rivers tliew-'is'a"! ik«* I£oi$i
■ ** which two rivers- proceed; the one nifty north to Old Ava w’heie it
“‘ joins the Myoungnya, or Little Rivery^f|^.ya,. whit la ’cftiji^froia.
* Extract from the Bengal Political- Letter,, n th oflSeptcmbcr^ 17971' ”