. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. raculous way, they found themagain. A good spuit, a sort of fairy, told themwhere some other relics, of which Gautama hadspoken, might be found. They dug a hole, andsecured a water-scoop of one great saint, a robeof another, and the staff of a third. They builta shrine over these relics and the eight , later on, enlarged the pagoda over therelics, until it got to be of its present four hundred and twenty-five years ago,a Burmese king cast a gigantic bell for the pa-goda. The whole of the outside is covered withgold leaf, a little patchy/
. The Ansons in Asiatic temples. raculous way, they found themagain. A good spuit, a sort of fairy, told themwhere some other relics, of which Gautama hadspoken, might be found. They dug a hole, andsecured a water-scoop of one great saint, a robeof another, and the staff of a third. They builta shrine over these relics and the eight , later on, enlarged the pagoda over therelics, until it got to be of its present four hundred and twenty-five years ago,a Burmese king cast a gigantic bell for the pa-goda. The whole of the outside is covered withgold leaf, a little patchy/ because put on at dif-ferent times, and with gold leaf of different fine-ness. The Ktee, or umbrella-shaped finial on thetop, is made, as you will see to-morrow, if theguard will let you go near enough, of a numberof gilded iron rings, from which hang a great UNDER SHADOW OF SHWAY DAGON. 197 many little silver and bells, that are swungand rung by the wind. N.^ ]^„g ^^^^ ^^^ ^^the kings put up a new It was studded. WORSHIPING A TOOTH OF BUDDHi 198 THE ARSONS IN ASIATIC TEMPLES. hundred thousand dollars. The present king hasgiven a few gems. The bell near the pagoda, big enough for aman to stand upright within it, was once carriedoff by the British. But they could not load it,it was so heavy, and it fell into the sea. TheBurmese say that the gods restored it to theShway Dagon. The bell has a great deal of goldin it. After much pleasant conversation, the Finneysand their friends retired, leaving the Ansonsalone. The next morning they were to riseearly and make the ascent of the pagoda. Butin the night a fierce wind blew, and so shatteredthe scaffolding that it was deemed unsafe for peo-ple to climb it. The next morning, therefore, instead of goingto Shway Dagon, together with Mr. Wilson, theAnsons went aboard the little steamer that wasto bear them to Maulmain. As they enteredthe Salweu River, on which Maulmain is situ-ated, ]Vfr. Wilson pointed out the enclosure U
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