Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-31
mis- SION A RY.
rom the BaP. Missionary Magazine for May
DePutation TO Eastern Missions.

rom the BaP. Missionary Magazine for May
DcPutatiOn TO Eastern Missions.
IOURNAL OF MR.. MALCoM.-coNTINU
The former extent may still be traced,
1nt found almost the whole site covered
III water few inches deep, owing
pIDbably to neglect of the drains and
1'nices. The present town is upon the
re Of the old, and consists Of but two
|reets-one parallel to the river, and the
olher leading out to the great pagoda.-
DE late king endeavored to restore the
cIg to consequence, as the Peguans are no
longer distinct people. For this pur-
pose he removed thther in 1890 from
LAngoon, the seat of the provincial gov
epment The effort proved abortive.-
The merchants and majority ofthe people
repained at Rangoon, where all business
nIpantages were so greatly superior, and
Ie government was soon re-seated at
Rangoon. The description of the city
wen byCol. Symes, who visited it in 1895,
Eill not now apply.
Desolale and diminished as is Pegu, its
1nge Shoo-ma-doo and some Of its appen-
ages, are in good preservation, and wor-
nv OF all admiration. 1t stands on a fine
HI Of gradual ascent, the summit of
Wbich has been fattened into plain of
aDout three acres. The sides are sloped
INTO two terraces, assembled by steps of
bewn stone. The top is occupied not
only by the great pagoda, but by zayats,
kyoungs, trees, &c. The pyramid is Of
Ihe usual form. The base consists of
wo octagonal stories, much larger than
Me pagoda itself, and wide enough to
Instain each a ring Of sixty pagodas,
bout thirty feet high similar to each
cther, though not alike, and many Of them
nuch injured by time. The diameter of
bis octagonaI base is four hundred feet,
md the entire height OF the building three
hundred and sixty feet. The country
Ipund is that same uniform level which
stinguishes the whole of what was the
|'ngdom Of Pegu.
Voyage up The IrrdrGddy.
Having made considerable alterations
IN my boat, suggested by experience IL
eoing 10 Pegu, I left Rangoon for Ava
actompanied by Mr.. Howard, on the I4tt
June. The weather was fine, ant
b||bre the end Of the food tide, we hac
wed twenty. five miles on the PanlanG
/. Rangoon river, one Of the mouths o
q great river OF Burmah. The country
Ips fat, inundated at high tides, and un
tnltivated, till toward evening. when tn
inks were higher, the lands laid out 70
&c, aud villages numerous.
stopping at the expiration Of the ne1
&c, at Kew-new, twenty-five miles fur
l.er, we found cluster Of large village.
mounting to fifteen or sixteen hundre
Ionses. Innumerable boats, large an
all, were taking in rice. salt, fish, 81
d the upper country. Hiring two CT
pes, Mr.. Howard and an assistant in on
ID two assistants in the other, supple
u who would accept on both sides Of tn
Iver; thus sending the truth by thes
boatmen to perhaps an hundred differer
x''lages. Before getting the canoes,
I've to all the boats passing by, and wa
1.eply affected 10 see some who could n,
me near, plunge into the river an
.Fim to me for them, and, bearing the
@ck with upraised hand, sit down instan
to read them aloud. Some wome
|pplied for books, who proved their clai
reading fuently. In most Of Il
ats, large and small, were women ar
t1lldren who seemed at home, and I a
iod spend much Of the year-in son
rEes all Of TIN this way In the sms
poats, they are often not merely passe
gers, but steer the boat while the husbaI
rDws.
The boats on this river, though of 4
lies up to 200 tons, are but of two ore
tral descriptions All retain the can
thape, and are sharp at each end. T
hrqer have one mast with yard Of lor
BENDER bamboo, TO which is suspended
I 6quare sail. The sail is made in sectiol
BE centre ones only being used in stro
Kinds, and the others added at the sic
ghen necessary Sometimes q small &
Is temporarily fastened above the yard
The ropes, by which il is sustained. I
deck extends from Eve to ten feet beyC
the sides, making a once a platform
the men, when using their setting %
&c. and preventing an overset by 7
pf large bamboos fastened beneath.
oaded I'LL these touch the water. ]
sssel itself Is wholly covered with a 2
W.f burman house, well thatched, VIII
Thee carries part Of the canoe, and I
Th;s eahins to the family and boatn
yves them Just the appearance
ns P'e'uIes Of Noah's ark in ehildr'
- ~ o'er TINS roof is a platform,