Mytttha BIt or a tributary o. » I collected 
ng the trail* the forort is Tory dry ant dreary, 
road loads to Port finite about 60 miles distant end garrisoned 
by kepaye. Pan head quart are aro at Pallas, the highest point 
in the hills ic ftl Fort white., out 9000 to 10000 foot #1 oration* 
looking aown into layer and 1st©red territory. 
(fool ph of pagoda and pain at Pal era.) 
On this morning of January 17* we started early but did not 
procnet far as fog cmme over the river and delayed us till 5:50 
Lori fins end crisp, the hills oro clear, the 
who sphere pure, the mountains are ugly wooded, opposing 
‘ge patches of rock now covered with dead dr * 
red-purple, the autumnal garment of many trees give the hillside 
'..ried-colorod appearance. V* stopped at Massein, a Tillage 
with a dark bungalow at right side of the river, (going up), 
feme® as usually loaded firewood ; tearner*a consumption. 
if ' ■ • ^ ■ ; ■ : . • \ V 5 .,5 ./• ■/ '• : \w . .> .. ■ 
i wmt ashore'and took two photos and one from the boot. A little 
distance away is & email hill with numerous pagodas covered 
stairway loading to the top. Co the left there is a defile whore 
>rm huge whirlpools in the rainy season, (July), 
A little pagoda crowns the rather sharp rock wall, ft are now 
along the foot of a peed mountain range with short 
peaks interruptedly wooded. 
