CONTENTS: I. JOURNAL OF THE MISSION FROM THE BRITISH FRONTIER TO PAGAN-MYO... II THE REMAINS AT PAGAN... III. JOURNAL FROM PAGAN TO THE CAPITAL... IV. OUR RESIDENCE AT THE CAPITAL... V. THE CITY OF AMARAPOORA... VI. EXCURSIONS IN THE ENVIRONS OF THE CAPITAL... VII. RETURN OF THE MISSION FROM THE CAPITAL TO RANGOON... VIII. NOTES ON THE INTERCOURSE OF THE BURMESE COUNTRIES WITH WESTERN NATIONS UP TO THE PEACE OF YANDABO... IX. NOTICES OF THE HISTORY OF BURMA FROM THE PEACE OF YANDABO (1826) TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1853... X. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGION OF THE BURMESE... XI. THE MINISTERS OF STATE --MILITARY AFFAIRS -- REVENUES AND CURRENCY... XII. ON THE MAP OF BURMAH -- DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY -- AND POPULATION... XIII. THE SHAN STATES TRIBUTARY TO BURMA..... APPENDIX. A. NOTES ON THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE BANKS OF THE IRAWADI, AND OF THE COUNTRY NORTH OF AMARAPOORA... B. FROM APPENDIX B. TO THE MS. JOURNAL OF MAJOR H. BURNEY, RESIDENT AT AVA, ACCOMPANYING A LETTER DATED 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1830, IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE, CALCUTTA... C. TRANSLATION OF THE BURMESE HYMN CHANTED BY THE BRAHMINS ... D. LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO THE KING OF AVA... E. THE KING?S LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL... F. ON THE PLAN OF BURMESE MONASTERIES... G. ON THE SOURCES OF THE IRAWADI... H. DETAIL OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS... I. SPECIMENS OF THE REIGNING KING?S EDICTS... J. SPECIMEN OF A BURMESE DRAMA (MAJOR PHAYRE)... K. THE MISSION OF GERARD VAN WUSTHOF TO THE KING OF THE LAOS... L. NOTE ON THE AFFINITIES OF THE INDIAN AND BURMESE STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE. BY JAMES FERGGSSON, ESQ... M. ON THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN BURMA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRIES......THIS IS NOT A PERFECT SCAN...SOME BLANK PAGES AND COVERS HAVE BEEN DELETED FOR THE ELECTRONIC VERSION. SEE ALTERNATE URL FOR THESE PAGES.