Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-24

many are always at leisure TO sit thus
So far as have seen, they have uniform
ly conducted with decorum and good tenn.
per. Mr.. Webb is generally at hand to
watch the course of debate, and take a
part when it seems useful After eight
or ten days, two of them proposed wa
Oftwclve or fifteen miles, to preach and
distribute tracts in the villages round
about. They took goodly quantity, and
were absent some days-they returned
delighted. In every village they were
we'll received, and whenever they stopt,
the best food and lodging were given them
with the kindest hospitality. Their tracts
were all gone long before they got back,
and eighty or ninety persons therefore ap-
piled in vain. They met with many in
terestng cases. One ofthese was a man,
who being on journey by chance, as we
say, stopped at house where thew were
resting themselves. The moment he saw
the tracts, he fell upon his knees and shec-
kO"d to the ground. He received two or
three with the greatest reverence and
gratitude, offering several rupees in re-
turn. He had for years felt burdened
with sin, aud deeply felt the impotencv of
the Burman religion 20 grant, him relief
In some of his travels he had met a man
who had little book which disclosed
new religion. On becoming anxious, he
Offered twenty rupees if any would bring
him such an one, but he sought in vain.
At length, some one told him, there were
foreig teachers in Rangoon, who had
such books to give away. He immedi-
ate! " travelled there, but sought them thro'
the city in vain, and returned more sad
han ever. His delight at now meeting
with books and teachers was great. His
mind seemed prepared for Instruction.
He saw and received the truths disclosed
to him, and promised to visit the teachers
in Rangoon, at an ear y period. He was
furnished with the Life Of Christ" the
Digest ofthe New TESTAMENT and one
or two smaller tracts, and did not leave
the assistants while they remained. MAY
the kind Providence which brought him
to that house, make him a monument of
mercy, and an instrument of good to be-
nIghted BUrmah!
Voyage TO Pegu.
All travellers accord to Burmans the
praise OF uncommon energy, and in this
respect they doubtless stand very far above
their neighbors. But though possessed of
much muscular power, and ready at times
to exert 1t all, their activity will not COM
pare with that Of northern men. In nego-
Citations of all sorts, they are partic ularty
FL opd bn
day of my arrival, looked out for boat
to convey my to Pegu. Ava, &c, and
several times thought | had succeeded in
hiring a suitable one but have been final
ly compelled to purchase one. Being a
mere hull, it has been necessary to build
upon it the various customary appurten-
ances, and | have found it impossible to
expedite the business. Through the kind
offices Of Mr.. Lanccigo, | have an excel
lent and experienced old Pen-in, or head
boatman, who with six men engages
to take me to Pegu, and Ava, for given
sum
On the first ofJune Mr.. Webb and my.
self set forward TO visit Pegu and adjacen
towns, accompanied by two Of the native
assistants and servant. A clear sk y en-
abled us to get every thing on board with
out welting, and we got on fine y for
couple Of hours, when a squall came up
which nearly swamped us-but it wa
soon over, and we baied out the boat, am
proceeded with renewed obligations t
praise Him "who wa!keth upon the win
and make tn the clouds his chariot"
The comfort and convenience with which,
in this region, one may travel for ha
the year, secure from storm or show er,
now reversed. 1t rains daily. The at
mosphere loaded with moisture, insinuate
its dlmpness into every thing, making mu!
ty and oouldy the very clothes in one
trunk. Those who are at home here, c"
do very we'll by wrapping things in fl 1nn'
or waxed cloths, or putting them in tin DO!
es, &c. But of course the traveller, an
the voyager in small boat, has none
these convenience.
Entering the Pegu river about a
hours rowing below Rangoon, we a
cended to Pegu in three tides. Had W
not stopped to look at towns, dls'rIbu
tracts, &c, two tides would have answe
ed. The distance is perhaps sixty mile
The river empties into the Rangoon by
wide mouth, but soon narrows to tW
hundred yards and before we get to tt
the city 10 as many feet. Only sma
; boats ascend it further The banks az
> luxuriant fiat covered with a grass ten
:, twelve feet high, (the saecAGrHm sP0"t,
) neum) much used in thatchIng. For II
=. first forty miles no habtations are TO
y seen. Monkeys, alIigators, cranes al
- vultures, were numerous. EIephan:
~ deer, wild hogs, tigers, &c, are said TO
~ ABUNDANT, but we saw none. This ia
IF ana fruitful region is almost wholly aba
~ ooned, while whole nations struggle
4, 70 CLEAN from barrenness and frigidity