Identifier: infarthestburmar00ward (find matches)
Title: In farthest Burma : the record of an arduous journey of exploration and research through the unknown frontier territory of Burma and Tibet
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Ward, Francis Kingdon, 1885-1958
Subjects: Botany
Publisher: London : Seeley, Service
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ho are none other thanKachins), beyond which the waters flow down to theBrahmaputra and the Chindwin. To the south lies the unexplored country betweenthe two branches of the Irrawaddy, known as the triangle. To the east lie the mountains we had crossed withso much difficulty, and beyond them the wonderfulmountains of Yun-nan. All this country is scarcely known—the few travellerswho have crossed it here and there have done so asquickly as possible, often starving. Much of it isknown to a few frontier officers only. Yet thereare wonders hidden behind the black wall of forest,such as the dwarf Nungs of the Taron, to tire north-east, whose huts are built in the tree-tops; theblack Marus, spearing their fish from canoes; the un-sealed peaks of Noi Matoi, Daphla Bum and manyother snow-capped giants; unexplored rivers, and thepasses into Tibet—oh! wonders for the explorer andnaturalist. Big game is said to abound in the mountains, thoughI had found the sodden jungles apparently devoid of
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THE PLAINS 241 life. Tiger, rhino, sambur, elephant, bison, burhal,pig are all spoken of—Prince Henry met with tiger,two horned rhinoceros, and antelope on the Assamranges to the west, and British officers have told meof many tracks on the path between Fort Hertz andMyitkyina. Musk deer and takin are common, soit is said, on the mountain ranges to the north, andbarking deer came right into Fort Hertz. But the reader must not imagine that Hkamti Longis a sportsmans paradise—he certainly will not if hehas followed me closely. The jungle is all but impassable, the climate verybad. There is no food, transport is often unobtainable,and there are all the discomforts of a hot, wet countryto contend with—leeches, ticks, sand-flies and manymore. However, there is a certain amount of snipe andduck shooting on the open plain, imperial pigeon inthe forest, and jungle fowl and pheasants in the longgrass round the fringe of the jungle; while in theMali hka is to be had some of the best mahsee

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