Moulmein
one approaches the great stairs, which climb up the
hillside to the pagodas and monasteries on its summit-
is the sentiment of Burmese life revived.
TH E SOUTH-WESTERN ANGLE OF TH E PAGODA
On the pagoda-platform, where golden pinnacles
flame in the sun, and light and shadow lie in bars upon
the paved courts, one is liable of a morning to come
upon such a spectacle as this. U nder the lofty multiple
roofs of a tazoung with golden pillars, a large company
of the silken people is gathered for purposes of devotion.
In the centre, under a glass dome, there is exposed for
the edification of the pious a relic case of gold and
jewels, offered by some ardent seeker after merit, as a
gift to the Buddhist fraternity of Ceylon. Above it, in
the shadowy recesses, sits a figure of the Buddha on a
golden throne. Along the walls in its neighbourhood
