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The thick walls below were bulged out towards tJie east, and the 

 main walls running in an east and west direction were cracked from 

 top to bottom, by slight cracks meeting the ground at an angle 

 of 45° approximately. 



Watch tower. Jail null. — This particular wall runs in a north and 

 south direction, and the watch tower which was partly built into it 

 had been broken away. 



The Shivekyimyin pagoda. — This pagoda lies in the Pyigvikyet- 

 thaye Quarter. It was built about the 13th century and is one 

 of the most venerated shrines in Mandalav. A large part of the 

 spire and the whole of the hti ( 1 ) were smashed off. 



Municipal Office, Secret dry's Room. — A brick nogging panel in 

 the north-west corner had dropped bodily out. 



St. Mary's Church. — Contained no new cracks, but an old crack 

 in a wall coursing north and south was considerably widened. 



The Exchange, Merchant Street. This building is a typical ex- 

 ample of the usual type of masonry buildings in Mandalay. The 

 walls running in an east and west direction were so badly Smashed 

 that they had to be polled down. The other walls moved towards 

 the north. 



The Women's Dispensary. — A two-storeyed brick building, badly 

 cracked in all directions. It seemed to have been subjected to 

 rapid shaking. 



The Male Dispensary. — The walls built in a north and south 

 direction appeared to have suffered most. They had also moved 

 slightly towards the north. 



Brick Building in B. Road. A wall coursing in an east and 

 west direction bulged so much that it had to be dismantled. 



Mahomedam Mosque. — The large minaret collapsed and fell 

 into the road, but the fragments had been cleared away before mv 

 arrival. 



Brick Building belonging to Boiryer and Sweden.— The veranda on 

 the first floor of this two-storeyed building was badly cracked, 

 some of the rafters were displaced, and the whole veranda on the 

 west side seemed to have been pulled away from the rest of the 

 structure. 



Roman Catholic Cathedral.- A large masonry building constructed 

 in a heavy European style with a high steeple and belfry attached. 



1 The ornamental iron work finished oft' with a long rod, which crowns the top of a 

 Burmese pagoda. 



