The romantic East : Burma, Assam, & Kashmir / Walter Del Mar.

Reprint. Originally published: London : Adam & Charles Black, 1906.

Includes index.

CHAPTER I
GOLDEN BURMA 3
The ideal East—^Burmese characteristics—^The Yellow
Peril—Annexation—^Religion—^Marriage and divorce
Burmese—^women—Costumes—A few figures.
CHAPTER II
THE FIRST VIEW 10
Madras to Rangoon—^the Rangoon river—Plague pro
tection—pagodas and dagobas—the fratcrnity of the
yellow Robe—Monks and monasteries.
CHAPTER III
RANGOON 17
The Shwe dagon pagoda—Gawdama the Buddha—
Tagon-daings—^The great BEii. OF Rangoon—^The story
OF THE TIGER.
CHAPTER IV
RANGOON—(continued) 23
The Sule pagoda—^Nats—^The central Jail—Teak and
ELEPHANTS SiLVER-WAR ^RANGOON HOTELS
CHAPTER V
RANGOON TO BHAMO 28
Pegu—The Shwe-hmaw-daw—The Great Buddha—karen
WOMEN—^TOUNGOO—^AmaRAPURA AND Ava—SaGAING—
Katha—Shwegu.
CHAPTER VI
BHAMO AND THE IRAWADI 36
The road lo China—The races of Upper Burma—Chins—
Shans-Kachins—Palaungs—The river—The defiles—
The road to the Ruby Mines—The Mingon bell and pa
goda—^Petroleum.
CHAPTER VII
MANDAtAY 45
The Queen's Golden Monastery—Fort Dufferin And
The Royal Palace— "The Centre Of The Universe"—
King Thebaw And His Queens.
CHAPTER VIII
MANDALAY—(continued) SO
Sermons In Stones—The Eindawya PagodA'—The Game
Or Chinlon —^A Burmese Pwe—The Great Tfjvipi.e And
The Mahamani.
CHAPTER IX
GOKTEIK 56
The Railway To Lashio—^The Gokieik Gorge And Via
duct—The Natural Bridge—^Maymyo—^The Excursion
To Moulmein.
CHAPTER X
MOULMEIN 61
I^iE Duke's Head—^The Great Moulmein Pagoda—^The
Bells—^Ivory Carvers—^Kado—A Modern Shrine.
CHAPTER XI
CHRISTMAS IN BURMA 67
Christmas Eve Smoking Concert—Chris-imas At The Farm
Caves—^Rangoon To Chi'itagong—^New Ye/vr's Day At
Akyab.
CHAPTER XII
ASSAM 74
Chittagong—The Assm-bengal R/\ilway—^Big game—^The
PLANTERS—The romance of Assam—^The tea industry
CHAPTER XIII
ASSAM—Continued 81
Climate—^Ti^E Brahmaputoa From Nigri Ting To Dubri—
A Mournful River—^Birds—^The New Province Of East
ern Bengal And Assam.
CHAPTER XIV
THE ROAD TO KASHMIR 87
The Happy Valley—The City Of Sri—^Dhanjibhoy And
Son—^A Tramp In The Snow—Muree—Kohaijv Bridge
CHAPTER XV
KOHALA BRIDGE TO CHAKOTI 95
The Jhelum And Kjshanganga—^A Dangerous Road—
DoMEL—^The Great Gorge—^An Accident To The Tonga
Driver—Chakoti.
CHAPTER XVI
CHAKOTI TO SRINAGAR 100
The Jhelum Gorge—^A Brf.akdown—^Uri—Oriental Cun
ning—Avalanches And Landslides—Rampur—^The
Temple Of Buniar—^Baramula—^Patan—Srinagar
chapter xvii
THEVENICE OFTHE EAST 108
Early Birds—^Merchants And Tourists—Thieves And
Swindlers—Curios And Trophies—Punts And House
boats.
THE BRIDGES AND THE CITY 113
Mayasum—Thr Bridges—Sher Garhi Palace—^Mosque
Of Shah Hamadan—The Great Mosque—^Hari Parbat—
Tinpot Trmples.
CHAPTER XIX
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD 118
Different Points Of" View—^From The Steps Of Solomon's
Throne—^The Valley And The Mountain Barriers—
Kashmir And The Kashmiris.
CHAPTER XX
THE GARDENS OF THE GREAT MOGULS 125
Rotten Row—The City Lake—^Nishat Bach—Shalimar
Bach—^Lalla Rookh—^Nasim Bach
CHAPTER XXI
SRINAGAR TO BARAMULA 129
Manjhis And Nautch-girls—The "River Of Milk"—The
Naru Canal—Winter Birds—Singharas—^Volur Lake.
CHAPTER XXII
AND SO HOME 134
Baramula to Rawai. Pindi—The last dak