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Excerpt from The Silken East, Vol. 2: A Record of Life and Travel in Burma Above Balet. There appears one of those gateways which are characteristic of the Chindwin. The river narrows between hills. Through which it has forced a passage, and beyond, and transverse to the river's course. A line of mountains runs like a great barrier across the horizon. The river widens to a large circular lake above the gates. Enclosing an island, and the two streams rush together in tumult as they come through. The western current is very swift, and flows right under the lofty precipices which rise from its edge. And rafts men say their prayers when they reach this corner. Steamers coming down in the high floods descend tail first. Ready to steam away from collision with the rocks. Polesmen. With long poles thrust out. Wait bv the ship's side to break the impact. Above Masein the Government steamer Pagan came to an end. Finding that there was not room enough for her to turn in, she took her chance of cutting the corner. And smashed into it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.