An Account of the Burman Empire, Compiled from the Works of Colonel Symes, Major Canning, Captain Cox, Dr. Leyden, Dr. Buchanan, &C. &C. &C; A Descri

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852. Excerpt: ... fying wood in a vary high degree. From Dr. Francis Buchanan's geographical researches while in Ava, it appears, that the river coming from Tibet, which was supposed to be that of Arracan, is in fact the Keenduem, or great western branch of the Irawaddy; and that which was supposed to be the western branch is in reality the eastern one, which passes by Ava, and runs to the south, keeping west from the province of Yunan in China.--Symes, F. Buchanan, fyc. DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT TRIBES INHABITING IN AND AROUND THE BURMAN EMPIRE, Extracted from, the Travels of Howard Malcom, who sailed from America in September 1835, on an Expedition to explore new field of Missionary Enterprise in the East. 1. Burmah Proper contains about 3,000,000 of inhabitants to whom the language is vernacular. Information as to these is so amply furnished in this work and missionary periodicals, that nothing need here be said. For these, there are at Ava, Messrs. Kincaid and Simons, and at Rangoon, Messrs Webb and Howard. Stations might be formed at Chagaing, Ummerapoora, Bamoo, Mogoung, Prome, Bassein, and other important places. At least ten missionaries are now needed for Burmah Proper. 2. The Peguans, called by Burmans Talaivi, or Talings, and by themselves Moons, amo, nt to more than 70,000 souls. Their languag nas been very much superseded by the Burman; the men speaking it in all their business, most of such as learn to read, doing so in Burman. It will not be proper to expend missionary time and money in preserving it from extinction; but as many of the females speak only Peguan, and all can understand it better than Burman, it will be necessary to preach the gospel in their language, and perhaps print a few books. At least one missionary, therefore, is wanted to sustain and su..