returning floods in the ensuing ’year force them 'to . abandon their habitations.
’"«They seemed to have the means of comfortable livelihood; theix
gardens Were already sown .With. the -swfcet potatoè, .cbnyolvulus batritasjj-
pafee, an d © ra ta ls, ^ a n um Welös^ena 5 fhellatter are fesualfy: transplants
ed. -The soil was extremely dry, notwithstanding it had so recently beeh
gweted with'water, and )flie paiMurage Was. -luxuriant. TlW .inhabitants
possessed oaUteWnd p ta ltry in abundance, and'dddWefeiweiie lsapplaed
«vithsfcèHeaifch. \
'Early on the.g9th,:the Maywooh ofPegue visited me,rim a.yè^.ha<i|di
some war-boat gilded to the. Water’s edge, accompanied b y several .others
that wfcre plain; he invkéd me ori bparri, andWh took #ff.sèats.©A the
prhws WhSch, in Birman boats, is-alWays the p l ^ . o f ®ghhy-; Whathwe
left the shore, the whole fleet poshed off and: followed m ;.:the. morning waf
fiqo andrthe water smooth, whilst,.the spires o f Ummeripoofci dmóiir stem,
the white temples and lofty hiUs of Chagaing opposite, and the iort. oC an-;
den t Ava below, fortacsd a vefyCheferfid prospect; We rowed tp Chagaing,
where,; soop after ©ur arrival, ‘the Maywoon took, TOefc th ija te n Ip
the Capital, having business to detain him a few day$T<Migefc;,..bt however
promised to overtake as on the way down, his boata bóirig better.adapted
than ours, for expedition.
After dinner, Doctor Buchanan and I Walked out to view ihe fort of
Chagaing, w hich m thé days of Namdoo Praw had been the, seat of emp
ir e ; we entered under a gateway,thé arch o f which Was .wide and-well
tunied-- Tins fort had-nothing, to distinguish it from others. th a th g y e
been already described; it Was n o t nearly so large ais Uiniberapoora> o r even
p/yial m,ektent to. the dines of! ahcient A v a ; the defences were suffered to
fell into ruins, and the houses y e re meanly built among weeds and rubbish.