June 3rd.—­Maguay.  Reached this place at 8 P.M.  It is on the left bank.  It is a place of some importance.  Many boats lying in the stream.  The country, is of the same dry, arid description:  the banks of the river are however lower than previously observed.

Passed Esthaiya, a small village on the right bank, at 6 A.M.  Adelia nereifolia continues common in some places.

Dhebalar, Meemgoon, two villages nearly opposite, neither of these villages large.  Ficus and Bombax are common; no Euphorbia was observed.

We are now evidently getting within the influence of the Monsoon, as the vegetation is more green.

Passed Mellun, a village on the right bank.  The hills on either side of the river are higher and better wooded than before observed, and the river itself is not more than 350 yards broad.

Observed gold washers below Meegyoung-yea, where they find gold, silver, and rubies by washing the sands.  Here Bombax is very common on the right bank.

Passed Thembounwa, a village on the left bank.  The country presents the same ridges of singular hills formed of veins of slaty, tabular, brown rock, this is very conspicuous at Thembounwa.  The hills on the left bank above Meeaday are very barren; the banks rocky.

Halted at Khayoo, just above Meeaday, at 7 P.M.

June 4th.—­Passed Teiyet myoo, a village on the right bank, which seems to have some cotton trade; the houses along the bank are wretched in appearance.  Meeaday was passed during a squall, I was thus prevented from making any observation on it.  Teiyet is the largest place I have seen.  The country we are now passing is very slightly undulated, soil light and sandy.  Fine tamarind trees occur, also Terminalia.  In addition to the usual plants a Lagerstraemia occurs, which attains the size of a middling tree, and a frutescent Hypericum, Aristolochia, and Hedyotis occur.  Strong south wind prevails so that we can make no progress whatever, I therefore went into the jungle and found Stravadium, a fine Bignonia foliis pinnatis, floribus maximis, fere spitham. infundibulif. subbilabiat. lacinus crispatis:  one or two Acanthaceae, two Gramineae, two Vandelliae, Bonnaya, Herpestes, Monniera, Rumex, Dentella, three or four Cyperaceae, Ammannia, Crotalaria on sand banks, Triga in woods and Bauhinia, Dioscoria, a pretty herbaceous perennial Ardisia, etc.  We have not made two miles since breakfasting at Teiyet, about four hours ago.  Convolvulus pileatus and dwarf bamboo are common on the low hills.  The Lagerstraemia has petals none, or minute squamiform.

Reached Caman Myoo, a village on the right bank, at 7 P.M.

June 5th.—­Many boats are here, owing to there being an excellent place of anchorage in still water, protected by an Island, but there are not many houses in the village.

Below, the river again becomes confined between hills, but above this it expands.  These hills are rather bare:  no Euphorbia exists, and the whole vegetation is changed.