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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II (New Series) September 1841

1841

It is bounded on the west by the Bay of Bengal and the estuary called Naf; on the north by a range of mountains named We-la-toung and by a line not well defined running N. E. through a hilly country to the Kola-dan river ; on the east by the Ya-ma mountains ; and on the south it is separated from the district of Aeng and the island of Rambree by various straits and creeks. [...] the May4 the Kola-clan find the Le-tnyo ; these all flow in a general north and south direction at an average distance of 15 or 20 miles apart the Maya being to the west the Kola-dan in the centre and the Li-myo to the east. [...] It is at the mouth of the principal river of the cottlitry the natural outlet for the produce of a vast extent of fertile land ; the scill in the immediate vicinity is of a light sandy nature unlike that of the interior which is generally clayey ; both the tradtions of the people the appearance of the surface and the marine remains proclaim the site to have been but lately redeemed from t [...] The mode of settlement" of a village in Arakan is as follows :- During the month of February by which time the crop is cut and the grain for the most part thrashed out and winnowed the ra-uya-gouilg gives notice to the cultivators that he is about to measure their lands he is accompanied by the village scribe and the cultivators of the fields in the direction of which he is proceeding ; someti [...] These various calls upon their industry the general poverty from stagnation of trade and the flight of a large portion of the populace together with nearly all the respectable families made the condition of the people very wretched and the contrast is infinitely in favour of the present state of things.
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Pages
81
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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679-712 unknown view
Table of Proportional Logarithms. By Captain Robert Shortreds
713-715 The Secretary view
Memorandum on Nurma Cotton. By U. Piddington Esq.
716-718 The Secretary view
Report on some Articles of Trade sent by Lieut. Postans from Khorassan. By H. Piddington Esq.
718-720 H. Piddington view
Note on the Cervus Elaphus (?) of the Sal Forest of Nepal. Hodie C. Affinis nob. By B. H. Hodgson Esq.
721-724 B.H. Hodgson view
Notes and Observations in continuation from Dr. Walker Madras Medical Service on a Tour in H. H. the Nizam’s Territories
725-735 The Secretary view
A General Review of the Species of true Stay or Elaphoid form of Cervus Comprising Those More Immediately Related to the Red Deer of Europe. By Edward Blyth Curator of the Museum of the Bengal Asiatic Society
736-i The Secretary view
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751-757 The Secretary view

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