foggy pleasant on the river at this season. The rain continued all day + made the trip cool + prevented the glare of the water. W.4 P.M. I saw a 8 peacocks on the beach 150 yds away which looked seen very wild. The engineer said he saw them. flew here also spotted deer + jungle fowls. At anchor at a village for the night from 3 hours since Mandalay very few mosquitoes in biting flies have annoyed us (18) at 9.13 5 A.M. we dropped anchor at Mandalay. The day was cloudy + pleasant many steamers were seen here