[367] Some villages in Ssuch'uan may be said to be an honourable exception.
[368] "Est-ce la colline qui a été façonée pour la pagode, est-ce la pagode qui a choisi la colline, si bien faites l'une pour l'autre, ravissantes d'ensemble? Qu'elle est jolie, cette réflexion blanche, tombant de haut dans le cristal de l'eau!"—Birmanie, par Mme. Quenedey, p. 218.
[369] The first is above Bhamo, where, owing to the dangers to navigation, steamers have temporarily ceased to run.
[370] A large river of French Laos or the trans-Mekong Shan States. It is navigable only for canoes of the most primitive description, for it is full of dangerous rapids. It enters the Mekong a few miles above Luang Prabang. The scenery of this river, which I descended from its highest navigable point (Muang Wa) to its mouth, is exceptionally beautiful.
[371] The founder of Mandalay, and second last king of Burma. He reigned from 1852 to 1878, and was succeeded by his son Thibaw, who reigned until his deposition by the British Government in 1885.
[372] There is an interesting essay by Max Müller on the Kutho-daw in his Last Essays (Second Series).
[373] Mr G. C. B. Stirling.
[376] A People at School, chap. xxiv.