Taboung, when pilgrims drawn from the farthest corners
of South-eastern Asia assemble on it for the great
annual festival. From the confines of China ; from the
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highland principalities of the Shan ; from the fastnesses
of the Karen, though in numbers diminishing each
year with the spread o t. Christianity amongst them;
from Bangkok and Annan, the people come to pay
their devotions at the Shway Dagon. But pre-eminently
