we proposed staying some days. During our stay, I
made short excursions to different parts of the country,
and found little variation in its appearance; it was very
beautiful, though but half-cultivated, and I was everywhere
treated with respect.”
At Sinbaung-we there is a large island mentioned
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both by Symes and Yule. A short distance above it is
Longyi-ua, and the people relate that a king’s boat was
once caught in the whirlpool near this island, and that
it had to be pulled ashore by the villagers with a rope
made of their longyis or silken kilts.
Just before coming to Sinbaung-we, there is a cluster
of white pagodas on the west bank, and a little village
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