Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-06-14

SIghtest lntlmation, never crowd around
10 be troublesome; and if, on showing my
watch, pencil-case, or anything which
particularly attracts them, there are more
IMAM can get sight, the outer ones stand
aloof, or keep seated, and thus wait till
their turn comes, or, as is oftener the case
forego the sight altogether, without any
signs of turbulence
After passing Paghan, the palmyra
Is very common. This is the tree which
here yields the today. To many of them
slight perpendicular ladders are fastened,
by which the owner ascends every morn
ing to obtain the sap from a cut made for
the purpose. 1t lis generally drank imme-
d1ateIy, when it is sweet and wholesome.
or made into sugar, which resembles that
obtained with US from the maple When
suffered TO stand, it soon ferments, and be-
comes as intoxicating as wine but is rare
Iy used in this state by Burmans, and
almost never to the point of intoxication
July 5th brought us in sight of the
"golden city, after a truly pleasant vov-
age of Just three weeks. The distance is
about 400 miles, by my computation, tho
tits generally made 500. Since leaving
the Delta, it has seldom rained, and onIy
, in warm and transient showers, producing
no Inconvenience. We had some periIs,
at one time having the mast and sail car
RED away in a squalI, and several times
rolling heavily in rough places, 50 as 10
dip water on both sides. We We're MT
without some a7pTchensions of robbers,
who always infest the river more or less.
Merchant-boatS are always we'll armed,
and my English friendsat Rangoon, urged
me to adopt the same precaution Their
alarming representations induced me to
borrow pair Of horse pistols, but when
got ahoat, my peace principles rallied,
commended myself to Col, and neither Of
them has yet been loaded. Once when
we had moored for the night, the chief Of
the village came to assure US that many
bad men lived in that neighborhood, and
to beg that we would proceed two or three
miles to where some large rice boats had
"come to-" which We did, On another
occasion, a suspicious boat full of men.
lowering about us, fired blank charge,
at the request Of my people, at the re port
Of which, the boat fell back and disap-
peared.
Thus a voyage in which | expected
only discomfort and peril, has been per-
formed with safety, convenience, and even
pleasure How foolish are uncomCorta-
bic an:icipations, while we have reason to
think we are in the path of duty!
On the way up, we have visited and
distributed tracts in eighty-two towns,
cities and villages; supplied 657 boats
and vessels, many containing families
from fifteen to thirty men; beside handing
them in a multitude of cases, to persons
along shore. Generally we moored be-
fore shutdown at some village, where the
assistants would divide themselves, and.
getting two or three congregations, spend
the evening in preaching and discussions.
the utmost avidity, and those who got one
would often clamor for another. Scores
waded .or swan to the boat after them,
and often we we're so thronged with appl-
cants when moored to the shore, that we
could scarce y eat or sleep But this fact
is far from proving general desire among
the people for the knowledge of the new
religion. A tract is in every respect
curiosity. They have never seen such
paper, their own books being made of
PaIm-Ieaf, or black pasteboard, which is
written upon with stcatite pencil. The
printing is great curiosity. The shape
Of the book IS curiosity. Besides, it is
property, and no Burman will refuse a
gift, without a strong reason.
ITO be Continued