Overland trade of Burma and China--Early notices--English travellers--Burmese treaty of 1862--Dr. Williams--Objects of the expedition--Its constitution--Arrival at Mandalay--Second coronation of the king--The suburbs--The bazaars--Mengoon--Burmese navigation--Shienpagah--Coal mines--The third defile--Sacred fish--Tagoung and Old Pagan--Ngapé--Katha--Magnetic battery--The first Kakhyens--The Shuaybaw pagodas--The second defile--View of Bhamô Arrival at Bhamô--Our quarters--The town--The Woon’s house--The Shan-Burmese--Kakhyen man-stealing--The environs--Old Tsampenago--Legendary history--The Shuaykeenah pagodas--The Molay river--The first defile--Delays and intrigues--Sala--The new Woon--Our…
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