. In farthest Burma : the record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet. each Hpimaw ahead of themonsoon. A heavy thunderstorm by night in the hill jungle isan awesome sight. Flashes follow each other withgreat rapidity all round the hills, like gun-fire, andpeering through the driving rain you see the maddenedtrees suddenly lit up, and then blotted out; a momentlater they are lit up again, fainter this time, as the flashis farther away; then darkness again. Very faintlydo they show up yet a third time within the space ofa mi
. In farthest Burma : the record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet. each Hpimaw ahead of themonsoon. A heavy thunderstorm by night in the hill jungle isan awesome sight. Flashes follow each other withgreat rapidity all round the hills, like gun-fire, andpeering through the driving rain you see the maddenedtrees suddenly lit up, and then blotted out; a momentlater they are lit up again, fainter this time, as the flashis farther away; then darkness again. Very faintlydo they show up yet a third time within the space ofa minute—now the flash is miles and miles away andthere is no answering roll of thunder. But all thetime the wind is howling and the rain drumming on thehard, leathery leaves, till gradually the noise dies downand presently the stars are sparkling in a limpid sky. May 8th was a day of continuous drizzle. It wasour last day by the Nmai hka, and we covered fifteenmiles. On the following day we crossed the ChipwiRiver, now very low, and began the ascent of theLawkhaung ridge. At the head of the Chipwi valley is the low PanwaPass into
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