One great river, the Chindwin, remains to be
mentioned. Coming down from the mountains that
lie about the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy, it flows
through the Hukong valley and under the Chin
territories, through scenery of great beauty, till it enters
the valley of the Irrawaddy and adds its quota to the
volume of that great river.
The capitals of this country are Mandalay and
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Rangoon ; the former located in the centre of Burma,
where the widening valley leaves space for the growth
of a nation ; the latter at the mouth of the Irrawaddy,
facing the sea. Mandalay stands for the old rdgimej
as the city of Shah Jehan in India stands for the glory
of the Moguls. Rangoon, like O O ' Calcutta, is the outcome
of British rule.
The nature of the country, of its landscape and its
