return tb‘ Rangoord where the necessaries- of' life are much cheaper than a t
the capital. We la y this night'near the töwff of PatanagOj place already
nóficetl. MWalMffif out in' the afternoon, l started several- hares :• the
abbünds in-ganie, -and is beautifully diversified with- hanging
woods and'rising grounds'.
'fh e flèët partëd from J^tanago'-v^iy’eaYly, Doctor Buchanan’s boat
gbihg ahead-’Of the rest ; he reached Loonghee half ad? hour before -his
hbtóptóionsj tthd; profiting b y his celerity, went on shore at- this romantic
spot, where we had passed several days on our journey upwards.
He walked to some distance, in the hope offihding fruit on a-tree, which
about four months bèfore he had left in the-earliest stage of blossom,•■■but
the fruit had since that time-ripened and- decayed- and the tree was now
putting forth fresh flowers. Between this place an d Meeaday,i there are
several ridges of low MBs, -clothed-with wood’andrdestitute ofi GüItivatiom,
which my people said were the haunts o f nümeious'-tigeïS^è^jelephants-.
A t ainset we got to MSeaday and peSrcoived a number o f .boats fastened
to the bank below the town, and among others we diMnguished-.that/ofithé
Maywoon of Pegué: I immediately sent amessage to his - house; ;no.tifyr
ing onr arrival, and in return
to see me.
On the foUowing morning about nine o’clock, a nephew o f the MayvCöon
came down to welcome u s : after conversing, sometime,' I walked with Mm
to visit Ms relation, .by whom I was received with every demonstration of
friendship: he politely asked me to remain at Meeaday for a day or two,
and visit Ms garden and country house; but as-the season .was -advanced,
I felt solicitous to avoid unnecessary delay, and therefore excused,myself:«
i n fact, our stay would have put him to an inconvenience, having business,
he said, to adjust on his estate, which would employ him far several days,
b^u^hefjexpe^tejd,J$j a^r^ey^-jR^ngoon,^ soon as ourselves. On my ex-
p re s ^ in g ^ a ^ e s jg& ^ sejefpo’me^gLjth^j qip,unt^inggrsj)lga^l^lr)K ^ ^ ,'jh e r
dhli-g.jngly/loflered|jo0^ ^ j^ h e ^ o f ^ js ^ a ^M ic |^ ts r.tpiaJt-^llage,.a few- miles,
off; ,iijh'abit,edrj3ry> thege^peogl^yfith, dixgc^ioys. to'j-feripg, them, for.jj
our inspection, dressed in the proper garb of their country. j^^ndejstppdr
frpmJ(him -tl^t
5 0 . 0 0 0 ha^Uijlt ,_tl;at ut), ui tin. -tram -oIti tJiL,wsc\ i.r<d, prmbtW/jaHtLj
m^L of yatik» who, .aft^rjpaying^hoipa ge ^'thc^goliju) rkct^Slh'ad ief.ufnddi
to thejr, respa|ti.y:e; goVerpments Whcfflfldtwok e^‘'hoAonluLdva^jiair
oT.licjrse^;to,Lc brought Tioni insoluble, and rcqucstcd-im aocejrtdiicc^j
them; tl^y'vcrL1 .\iLryihcm(Uome,''andvniieSivras^qLj.&KimLommon (oIohi^j
having a p pm b g rp f circular, black-spot«;' on':a milk' wMt&;&kiin,^ feimerrub
Fpresented him. witih^majEqpe^m^dc|6^ huKojje.m>Cdn,vktssy*Imubv\ ith-Eng; 1
lish broad,.cloth,! and mwrifle-barEelled-gnn, ^hij^htfiriore.-hi^il^^'jBliitgdjiE
In the,evening.I walked over, grounds. whifc)hnI, had1 p hui U.odijl^efoije.,
Every thing,in thisj.district)seemQd-,rt6jb e rjfloiirishirigr;. the*peasants- and-i
fapmers acknowledgenin the. Maywoon,, a-mildi andjbenfefiee|nt> landlord-jaifr;
they,w^re,not so opulent a§, some, th&y weie.noUjio-p>)bi,asimany olhots :<
content; L thought, shone, in every, < o.untenanjsoj-j aiidjjeqmloiit appeared
to be an inmate of - every dwelling.,' In my walks» I saw a- goOdvdeaf of
g^ipS, .and shot a henza, qb Braminy goeses.»>‘,'Ehe,lsnati%s,- aithou'ghsil-’isi
the- symbol, of their nation, hold», they,bfrd^i^ it is somewhat
larger than a barnacle; the plumage« is beautiful, .but» thdt flesh, im«
different.
Next morning;pm my .rettim» from aloiigs'lride, I «found? asinumher fcofi
people, collected p n th e banksi oppbsite; to our’boats;; these I learned- weftit