Chapter XVI: Repulse of Mission. 428-454

Appearance of enemy--Murder of Margary--Friendly tsawbwas--Mission
attacked--Woonkah tsawbwa bought over--The jungle fired--Repulse of
attack--Incidents of the day--Our retreat--Shitee--Burmese
reinforcements--Halt at guard-house--Retreat on Tsitkaw via
Woonkah--Elias and Cooke’s visit to Muangmow--Li-sieh-tai--Return of
Captain Cooke--Elias at Muangmow--Father Lecomte and the Mattin
chief--A forged letter--The Saya of Kauntoung--Reports regarding
Margary--The commission of inquiry--Return of Elias--Visit to the
second defile--Mission’s return to Rangoon

APPENDICES.

I. A Note by Bishop Bigandet, on Burmese Bells 455

II. Origin of Mahommedanism in China; from Chinese Document 456

III. Deities worshipped by Kakhyens 457-459

IV. Deities in a Hotha Shan Temple 460-463

V. VOCABULARIES:--Kakhyen, Shan, Leesaw, and Poloung 464-473

INDEX 475-479

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

MAP OF COUNTRY TRAVERSED.

GENERAL MAP, WITH ROUTES.

PLAN OF MOMIEN; BY BURMESE SURVEYOR.

MANDALAY, THE CAPITAL OF INDEPENDENT BURMA; FROM
MANDALÉ HILL _Frontispiece._
_From a photograph by_ COLONEL SLADEN.

_To face page_
THE DEVA-FACED CLIFF, SECOND DEFILE OF THE IRAWADY 34
_From a photograph by the_ AUTHOR.

ROCKY BARRIER ON THE FIRST OR UPPER DEFILE OF THE IRAWADY 55
_From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.

KAKHYEN WOMEN 74
_From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.

OUR CAMP AT PONSEE 89
_From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.

KAKHYEN MEN--KAKHYEN MATRONS 125
_From photographs by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.

KAKHYEN AND SHAN PIPES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETC. 134
_From photographs._

NANTIN VALLEY, TOWN OF MUANGTEE TO THE LEFT 178
_From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR.

EXTINCT VOLCANO OF HAWSHUENSHAN; FROM SUMMIT OF MOMIEN HILL 186
_From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR.

WITHIN THE WALLS OF MOMIEN OR TENG-YUE-CHOW 192
_From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR.

WATERFALL OF THE TAHÔ; MOMIEN IN THE DISTANCE 208
_From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR.

VALLEY OF SANDA, LOOKING WESTWARD FROM THE HILL BEHIND THE TOWN 254
_From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR.

SHAN HEAD-DRESS, BRACELETS, AND EAR ORNAMENTS 296
_From photographs._

POSTURING GIRL AT MANDALAY 354
_From a photograph by the_ AUTHOR.

VIEW IN BHAMÔ 364
_From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.

TSITKAW, ON THE TAPENG, LOOKING TOWARDS THE KAKHYEN HILLS 401
_From a photograph by the_ AUTHOR.

MANDALAY TO MOMIEN.