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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Dr. Edward Burton MacDowell 



AT THE END OF THE ROAD TO MANDAEAY 



In Burma the chief objects of interest to the Western traveler are the graceful pagodas. 

 The Burmese pagoda consists of a masonry terrace, above which rises a bell-shaped structure 

 crowned by a "ti," or umbrella spire, formed of concentric rings of metal, from which are 

 suspended innumerable tiny bells that sway and tinkle musically in the wind. 



