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IN THE BURMHAN EMPIRE.
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urbs, extends four miles along the south-eastern
bank of the river, and teems with religious build-
ings of various shapes. The palace, as seen from
the river, appears a confused assemblage of build-
ings, glittering with a blaze of gilding. One
part of it has a square building finished Avith bat-
tlements, and a flat roof with Tuscan Pilasters at
the angles, something in the theatrical style, and
evidently the essay of some smatterer in Euro-
pean architecture: it is painted white with gilt
mouldings, but is so surrounded with trees, and
the mean habitations of the natives, that it is but
imperfectly seen from the river. It is situated
about three-fourths of a mile N.E. by N. from the
extremity of the western suburbs. The fort, I am
informed, is about one mile further to the N.E.
by N. The houses of the citizens in general
have but a mean appearance viewed from the
river; they are raised on piles with pitched roofs,
many of them tiled and built of wood ; but many
also are covered with shingles or thatch, and built
with mats and bamboos. It seems, however, to
be very populous, and has a multitude of small
craft lying along the strand, and plying to and
fro on the river. To the eastward and northward
are a high range of rugged barren mountains,
distant four or five miles, which we saw rather
imperfectly from a thick haze which prevailed;
to the westward were the rugged chain of hills
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49
urbs, extends four miles along the south-eastern
bank of the river, and teems with religious build-
ings of various shapes. The palace, as seen from
the river, appears a confused assemblage of build-
ings, glittering with a blaze of gilding. One
part of it has a square building finished Avith bat-
tlements, and a flat roof with Tuscan Pilasters at
the angles, something in the theatrical style, and
evidently the essay of some smatterer in Euro-
pean architecture: it is painted white with gilt
mouldings, but is so surrounded with trees, and
the mean habitations of the natives, that it is but
imperfectly seen from the river. It is situated
about three-fourths of a mile N.E. by N. from the
extremity of the western suburbs. The fort, I am
informed, is about one mile further to the N.E.
by N. The houses of the citizens in general
have but a mean appearance viewed from the
river; they are raised on piles with pitched roofs,
many of them tiled and built of wood ; but many
also are covered with shingles or thatch, and built
with mats and bamboos. It seems, however, to
be very populous, and has a multitude of small
craft lying along the strand, and plying to and
fro on the river. To the eastward and northward
are a high range of rugged barren mountains,
distant four or five miles, which we saw rather
imperfectly from a thick haze which prevailed;
to the westward were the rugged chain of hills
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