Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-07


bluffs the country stretches away ~ park
like uplnnds, with here ana there clumps
OF ight timber, the whole very uiiterent
from thc nxuriant foliage on the DAMS
Of the river on It's lower reaches IN brlte
sh territory.
At Yay-nan.gyong the region OF ine
uarth-oii or petroleum Wells uffsuni Auu
vegetation almost entirely censes. ihe
town H. large, and there IL good neal OF
animation, with the bugc unsalniy'
barge-like craft used Tor coffylnR my
earth-oil Earth.oil y one oi we rpyal
m0nopDleg secured by treaty wlll nieat
Britain, ond large qnanilties nfe shiPpeo
to Rango0n TO be inanuIactufeH mo Pr
goda cuudles, but the production Is h"t
nearly NO iarge or prohmbic as ~ "ouln
be II western machinery were used 9u'
lay ~ preitliy sllusted on D pplpI Oh hl"u
land Ou tie cnetcfn banll tne noNse9
running up the face ~ thc Iiill, Whlcu na'
% lho oi iinc pagouns anu inplh,t'i ieH
along iis crest, the former cneltelea "{
some remarkable specimens OF peWiltu
wood stuck up as posts. hfcit q aWt,it5
" potriled WOOD are iouun Nh algnR 'Ai7
part ~ tbe imawaddy' Auliy ma N3ouhS-
90, lnrg9 town tWeny-tiglt ihlleN lhr-
thor up are noted as inc great c'hMi'
OF The Burmese lacquer ware, when 10 lu
way Is quite az hnca INC Japanese ana
only requires lew hiiis rom western
eit 90 become popular ana c9lUAho
large prices IN The european market
NyOuug-Oo, however, yleid- 100 interest lo
Tao ueiRhbprin1 town oi PHgll, one Oh tls
ancient capitals OF Butmah' ~ many
respects Pagin is the most remarkable
religious city Ia the world Jerusalem,
BGnares, Rome, kieh, none Oh lhewi cnn
boast thc multitude OF temples nnd me
lrHhncs OF design aud ornament uhI
mike marvellous the deserted capital On
Cue lrfawaddy. Deserted " practically
is, for HE few lliusy nuts that stand by
the river are inhabited only by pUgoha
allyea and men condemned TO perpetual
boggery For ciSit miles along W" river
l8lk, ana extending 10 deplh
ol $50 miles inland thc whole Hpaae
B tbicky studded VITA pagodas of I'll
slzcs aud shapes, aud the very ground rs
go thiChly covered with crumDlu9 RENE
uants Of vanished shrncs that, according
10 The popular saving, you cannot move
loot or hand without touching o sacred
lhing. The lrrawaddy just below Pagan
wdcns out 20 over two miles in breadth,
and the view OF the Sacred city from far
down The river ~ particularly fine. Tower
ing above the others appear The Amanda
and two other pugodas, Ike visions OF
old world cathedrals strayCd into the
desert. Round about them gradually rise
into view hoary round towers, Ike Il
border "peCl, " airy mlnarcts as OF an un-
dprground mosque; appartiOns like the
pyramids chiscled into tGrraCcd trclwork,
and huge dubious mushrooms with lnu-
terms on their backs Above Pagiu the
two chief towns are Koouyuu aud Myin.
Cyan, the latter between the two
mouths of the Chin-owiu river, aud
by far the most populous ana busy
place on the Irrnwaddy after Mlndelay.
IL Is the only large rice mart In Upper
Burmah, aud large quantities OF cotton
are also shipped here.
There are then no towns OF any impor-
tauce TN the Immediate nelghbnrhood of
Mnndclay Is reached. Just mellow the
capital The lrrawaddy contracts from
mile and more In width to eight hundred
Yards, passing under the rocky feet of the
Sa-gang hills and an Isolated temple
crowned emnence on the lett bank, aud
then deheGis with n grand swecp sudden