down the river.
“ I f you' want
w o r k , g o t o
Kindat ; fun, go
to Mingin; if you
want to die, go,”
the wise people
say, “ to Mauk-
3 ka-daw.” Zs
T h e island
>«4 that divides the
g river below it be-
< comes at flood
s time the scene of
° a curious battue.
< The. wi ld pigs
S. that live there,
b driven by the encroaching
waters,
seek shelter in
the highest part
o f the island.
Then the villagers
go forth wi th
clubs ■ and slay
them. It is a
beautiful island of
dark trees and plantain-groves and waving grasses, set
in the wide encircling folds of the river, and the blue
Chin mountains tower greatly above it.
-*> The Chindwin
hidden by an outer
wall of cliffs, there are low hills on the west, grassy
and lightly wooded, which rise in successive peaks like
the teeth of a saw. Reefs stretch across the water
