That is to say, it owns no authority; and some villages are peaceable and well disposed, while others are savage.

The same may be said of the Munnoo and Fenny rivers.
"For the last two years I have done a good deal of trade in Assam, up the Brahmaputra river.

As far as Rungpoor there are a great many villages on the banks, and the people are quiet and peaceable." "Then you don't go further south than Chittagong, uncle ?" "No.

The Burmese hold Aracan on the south and, indeed, for some distance north of it there is no very clearly-defined border.

You see, the great river runs from Rangoon very nearly due north, though with a little east in it; and extends along at the back of the districts I trade with; so that the Burmese are not very far from Manipur which, indeed, stands on a branch of the Irrawaddy, of which another branch runs nearly up to Rungpoor.
"We shall have big trouble with them, one of these days; indeed, we have had troubles already.