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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal October 1836

1836

Halted on the east bank of the May-Gamy having crossed one or two trifling hills in the course of the day but the march was on the whole a slight descent as we followed the course of the stream through the hilts towards its mouth ; the country was entirely uncultivated and destitute of any sign of inhabitants. [...] The thermometer stood at 46° in the tent this morning at 8 A. M. " The jungle plantain tliet-tse bamboos and pine in luxuriance the latter forming the principal part of the jungle (or forest for it has lost much of its density in these upland regions ;) the creepers have almost disappeared and the trees which form the crest of the hills to the westward may almost be counted in the afternoon [...] " We are now fairly in the valley of the May-ping and have the prospect for the next three or four days of seeing something of the level country but the whole extent of the country between the Thalween and May-ping with trilling exceptions (such as the little valley of the Mein-lun-ghee) is one succession of mountains ; nearly all of the primitive series principally gravel gneiss trap lime a [...] There is only a small portion of the walls of the fort visible from this and none of the houses ; and from the immense number of cocoanut and betelnut trees growing inside it has more the appear acme of a forest than a fort ; the tops of two pagodas (one of which is gilt) are"-1836.3 lying north of the Tenasserim Provinces. [...] " The walls of the fort are formed of the red ferruginous porous stone common in Burrnah at the bottom and the top of bricks of the most slender constrution ; the sides of the streets for a few yards were lined with the common people bearing muskets ; the shed (about quarter of a mile from the gate) in which the chief received me was about 60 feet long and 20 wide with three sheds at right a
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Pages
97
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
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I.—An Account of Some of the Petty States Lying North of the Tenasserim Provinces; Drawn up from the Journals and Reports of D. Richardson Esq. Surgeon to the Commissioner of the Tenasserim Provinces. by E.A. Blundell Esq. Commissioner
601-625 Prinsep James view
II.—Outline of Political and Commercial Relations with the Native States on the Eastern and Western Coasts Malay Peninsula. by T.J. Newbold Lieut. A.D.C. to Brigadier General Wilson C.B.
626-635 Prinsep James view
III.—A Brief Account of Masu’d Known by the Name of Faríd Shakarganj or Shakarbár. by Munshí Mahan Lal
635-i Prinsep James view
IV—New Varieties of the Mithraic or Indo-Scythic Series of Coins and Their Initations by James Prinsep Sec. as Soc.
639-657 Prinsep James view
V.—Facsimiles of Various Ancient Inscriptions Lithographed by James Prinsep Secretary as. Soc. &c.
657-661 Prinsep James view
VI.—Sub-Himálayan Fossil Remains of the Dádupúr Collection. by. Lieuts. W.E. Baker and H.M. Durand Engineers
661-669 Prinsep James view
VII.—Note on the Occurrence of Volcanic Scoria in the Southern Peninsula. by Lieut. Newbold A.D.C.
670-671 Prinsep James view
VIII.—Postscript to the Account of Ursitaxus Printed in the 19th Vol. of Researches as. Soc. by B.H. Hodgson Esq
671-672 Prinsep James view
IX—Proceedings of the Asiatic Society
672-675 Prinsep James view
X—A General Statement of the laboxs and Proceedings of the Expedition to the Euphrates under the Command of Colonel Chesney Royal Artillery F.R.S.
675-682 Prinsep James view
XI.—The Governor General’s Conversazioné
682-683 Prinsep James view
XII—Meteorological Register
684-684 Prinsep James view

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