Before the war in 1824, 1825, and 1826, the empire of Burmah was the most considerable among those of the Indo-Chinese nations inhabiting the farther peninsula of India. Previous to the events of that campaign it comprehended the whole of the extensive region lying between the latitudes 9 and 27 N. At present, however, its limits are lat. 16 and 27 or 28 N., and long. 93 and 99 E. Its northern boundary is, even at the present day, imperfectly...