﻿PHYSICAL 
  GEOGRAPHY. 
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  interspersed, 
  which 
  at 
  lower 
  altitudes 
  clothes 
  the 
  whole 
  hillside 
  with 
  

   one 
  uniform, 
  mantle, 
  and 
  masks 
  completely 
  the 
  features 
  and 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  ground. 
  Near 
  the 
  frontier, 
  the 
  Arakan 
  range 
  bifurcates 
  

   into 
  an 
  Eastern 
  and 
  Western 
  branch, 
  which 
  feature 
  is 
  better 
  displayed 
  

   in 
  an 
  unpublished' 
  frontier 
  survey 
  in 
  the 
  Quartermaster 
  General's 
  

   Office, 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  published 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  province 
  on 
  a 
  smaller 
  scale. 
  

   On 
  the 
  Eastern 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Arakan 
  range, 
  two 
  peaks 
  stand 
  out 
  

   prominently, 
  Boamadoung, 
  about 
  4 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  bifur- 
  

   cation, 
  and 
  Kidoung, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  frontier. 
  Between 
  these 
  peaks, 
  the 
  

   range 
  is 
  deeply 
  cleft, 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  the 
  Mahton 
  stream, 
  

   and 
  nothing 
  can 
  exceed 
  the 
  picturesque 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  forest-clad 
  gorge 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mahton 
  where 
  it 
  crosses 
  the 
  frontier. 
  The 
  Western 
  branch, 
  

   . 
  or 
  main 
  range 
  as 
  it 
  really 
  is, 
  continues 
  on 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  whence 
  the 
  

   Eastern 
  branch 
  is 
  given 
  off, 
  with 
  apparently 
  an 
  increasing 
  elevation 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  frontier, 
  where 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  peaks 
  forms 
  the 
  triple 
  boundary 
  

   between 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Arakan, 
  Pegu, 
  and 
  the 
  dominions 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  

   of 
  Ava 
  ; 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  the 
  Eastern 
  and 
  Western 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  

   Arakan 
  Yomah 
  are 
  eight 
  and 
  three 
  quarter 
  miles 
  apart. 
  Twenty- 
  six 
  

   miles 
  from 
  the 
  frontier 
  following 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  range, 
  which 
  

   thus 
  far 
  is 
  North- 
  west-by-north, 
  stands 
  the 
  remarkable 
  hill 
  of 
  Shuay- 
  

   doung, 
  or 
  Shuay-loung-gi. 
  This 
  hill, 
  though 
  inferior 
  in 
  height 
  to 
  some 
  

   peaks 
  nearer 
  the 
  frontier, 
  yet, 
  when 
  viewed 
  from 
  any 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  plains, 
  

   presents 
  a 
  far 
  more 
  striking 
  appearance 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  hill 
  in 
  the 
  Pro- 
  

   vince. 
  This 
  is 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  diminished 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  in 
  its 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  vicinity, 
  an 
  effect 
  considerably 
  heightened 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  manner 
  

   in 
  which 
  Shuay-doung 
  stands 
  forward 
  from 
  the 
  other 
  hills 
  which 
  might 
  

   compete 
  with 
  it, 
  and 
  partly 
  from 
  the 
  mode 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  weathered 
  

   into 
  crags 
  of 
  the 
  sharpest 
  and 
  most 
  precipitous 
  forms, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  hill 
  

   stands 
  out 
  in 
  relief 
  against 
  the 
  sky 
  as 
  though 
  chiselled 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  

   block 
  of 
  stone. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Records 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  No. 
  2, 
  1871, 
  page 
  40, 
  I 
  

   thus 
  describe 
  the 
  peculiar 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  hill 
  stands 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  

  

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