'‘''à ^ fe airts^o ri the franÉe^'of China; th e ^ f e lH iv e r runSJS'otithitfroni
v‘"the4 ake tô the sea,?and*îl^Ho Sîtafif?fjver in the map.
*“ That the rivers of China, which are Supposed to be the heads of the
“ Pégùe river, are thdse'nf ihe river of Siam. ^
*i^ ‘^4 'hat the'rive#s%f;Siam, 'and Cambodia communicate by a'.veryîtfop-
sidérabie branch, called the Annan.”
This disposition of the rivers’gives ah entirefnew face to iheigeography
of Iridia éfctra 'Gangem ;- and from thé diligence andr'âbilify’with.whicn
Dr. Buchanan collated the several accounts that he received; I am-inclined
lo bfeheVe that Ms sbtemenf isl&èarly-éorrëGt.
c h a p t e r
'i*ermissior^^^^^^w^Md^ff^^^orioniiial wjjjmrtioh s-^Messagi'frbm*
* lfie y u h ^— 1xn a r / j f fi^ P r e im t oj Honey — Bengal
• “Paihtn i^ifloi/fil a tto u i^^^M ^d 'c {jiin/f^rigfnilcf^rirpllinte ' Bing
inti tfduh Ihi 'Jit'opfyiI'tpffimcrLithd. ■—lAfflentloti'SfjPdm
^'Vue’Poyi s 'ahilfejiwft ’Bengal.— Oufi
-■ People hi altfiy— fftik i sV.khe r ,n ra'rl£ l ‘1.
— 1 tanrur og'l^rlli tint i— lnlhiifli/flwfa-into
f^G ra n d A 'm n c it lfa ll M o lu r tp fr itio f t h d t l o m ^ ' c ^ f a g m f i i i n c i ^
lu n g not* present — Q/ieitiomlpiopo\ed.-^Jlanqutt’-^-'Pbrmiddle ■, offi.
$ rte9ved-in returning.
T he occurrences^tbii^toobi place in the-, n u rir\d bet}^ecn(loujjt um il
.ardtuhoiSOtluol AiigustJi the -day. appb/rHul £f<>q oui -loi rn a j^ fi
wcie imMoffc^dhcieril unpon juice tofrJqiiolt i ra im U ^ id ^ in , \ \ c Vii,
„fri)«?l whatever personal.,corwcnieriGQj th^'c^hiiitj'^jtjjyhh.sup^^^arSg
Sfe-Ji^y. embraced every/opp^lupttyrttojje^ipfel th^most implu ii'^ i njlx,
d e u c ew h ic h .I apnihduqKd to think u a sjiro d u u iU ul^huiiclK^il^omc^,
K|tences.. e.'Mmy4 pubbc?characterj the; sequel,t the^uou^
duct ol thelhrmanacquit was punctilious andihaughiyjc^^t^iiiMjhu.ijbl^
:a*rogance; but mS^Vocomrn&dationi and'isept^l^i^s^^ai^in^yj^^jv^ere
attended to ,with, all the urbanity that c<)0l^,bcr>xj4cbi^d-U ^ ^ y i e p ^ s t
■^polished state of Europe. .
T'l Geography is the foundation all^hrst(Ji^pal*kri<^ledge^wiil«)utt^vhicli