May 13th.—­Left Kabuct before 6.  Halted to breakfast on a steep bank, finding it impossible to proceed against the south-west winds, which have now become prevalent.

At this place, which is hilly, I gathered Gmelina villosa, an Anonacea, calyce 6 sepalis, cor. tripetala, pet. patentissimis, margine revolutis, luteis.  A Carissa, Grewia, Malpighiacea samaris, 3-alatis, alis dorsalibus abbreviatis, a curious Graminea, a green Orchidea, terrestris, bulbosa, flore ante folia evoluta, a Diospyros, Polygala, Plectranthus, Rungia, Pladera, etc.

Halted at Movo, owing to the wind.  This is a very pretty village; of no great size, and of no importance.  A delightful tope formed by Mango, Fig, and Garcinia, or Xanthochymus, the dense shade of which is most agreeable; Averrhoa, AEgle Marmelos is cultivated here; Borassus is common, trunks of which are often of very irregular diameter.  Low grassy places occur running along the back of the village, with abundance of a Combretum fruticosum; and a nullah at either end of the village presents many trees on its banks, particularly a very large and handsome Myrtacea, Hemarthria compressa.  Stravadium racemis longe pendulis.

We were compelled to put into Mala on the right bank, about a mile above Tsengoo, by a severe storm from the north-west.  This village consists of about forty houses, many pagodas, and has a good many potteries, and some fine trees.  It is at the entrance of the Kioukdweng.  Observed Jatropha Curcas, and Vitex negrendo.  In the evening we proceeded to Tsenbou.

May 14th.—­Left Tsenbou, and breakfasted at Nbat Kiown-wa.  Just above this are several villages, two of which number nearly seventy houses each.  This is the most populous part I have seen.  To the east of this are the Ruby mines in the Shan hills; and to the south-east low hills from which the marble is procured, from which they make the idols.  The river features continue the same; namely, low hills close to the right bank, and more distant as well as higher ones on the left.  On the Shan hills to the east, teak forests occur; on those to the west, tea also grows.  In Polong tea districts also occur; but the tea is very coarse, and said not to be drinkable.  Hemarthria, and Hoya viridiflora were found.

Here I found Solanum, Tribulus, a Mimosa, lime trees, Carissa, Mimusops, Stemodia ruderalis now appear.  The most interesting is a small diffuse Caryoplylleous-looking plant, with white Campanulate flowers; it is probably a Frankeniacea.  On the pagodas an Aristella grows.  Certain features prevail in the vegetation similar to those of the Coromandel coast.  Fig trees often surrounded at base with brick-work; this never lasts long, the roots tearing up the masonry in every direction.

The exit from this 3rd Kioukdweng is very pretty.  Tsengru with its numerous white pagodas; the noble river expanded into a broad bay; the Eastern hills are very beautiful, and the Marble hills which form a background to Tsenbou are no less so.  The banks towards the exit from the defile are sloping, often covered with grass.  The Palmyra trees and Fig trees have a very pleasing effect.  At Kiougyoung there is a large brick fort, built by Alompras.  The village contains about 150 houses:  no large village is passed between this and Kubuct.