. In farthest Burma : the record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet. lly fire-flies in my tent. No big bambooswere found here, so the men cut slabs of red barkfrom the great gnarled rhododendrons with whichto roof their shelters. At dusk a flurry of cloud tumbled off the mountain-tops and sank to bed in the valley, and I perchedmyself in the top of a rhododendron tree and satthere looking at the main range, and the summitof our ridge, where it joined Imaw Bum, till thestars shone out almost as brilliantly as under theclea
. In farthest Burma : the record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet. lly fire-flies in my tent. No big bambooswere found here, so the men cut slabs of red barkfrom the great gnarled rhododendrons with whichto roof their shelters. At dusk a flurry of cloud tumbled off the mountain-tops and sank to bed in the valley, and I perchedmyself in the top of a rhododendron tree and satthere looking at the main range, and the summitof our ridge, where it joined Imaw Bum, till thestars shone out almost as brilliantly as under theclear dome of the Tibetan sky. I knew that wecould easily achieve the summit next day, and re-turned to my tent happy. But Tung had othermisgivings. \ u Only three days food left, Ta-jen he said whenhe came with supper. Well, we would have to make a dash for thesummit next day, and as the chances of finding anywater higher up were remote, it would be best toleave the camp where it was and return there. Taking with me five Lashis, I set out early,cutting a path through the formidable barrier of 1 A beautiful little gem, related to P. %J\7f77=-~1»
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