- Author:
- Gordon, Charles Alexander, Sir
- Publication Info:
-
London:
Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox,
1877,
pg 153
Text on page 153
OUR TRIP TO BURMAH.
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according to the curves of the creek precisely as do the carriages of a railway train. Upon each raft the floaters have their hut; but as we pass, all stand, torch in hand, to
Timbex H-oi'tr Qa the Sit-tan^.
In the sketch an endeavour is made to show the flexibility of the rafts and the way in which they are made, consisting of five sets of logs, the raftsmen having on them their fragile house.
light us on our way, all ready with jokes and laughter; and our men return both-with additions.
8th.aThe Skylark.aFields.aOpposing Tides.aPegu River. aSteam Launch.aLetters.aA Traveller.aTales of Jurisprudence.
For long hours of the dark night our progress consists of successive bumps and rubs against the rafts, which more and more completely fill up the narrowing creek. Sleep is impossible; to read newspapers all night through equally so. With the falling tide, once more our boats are secured along the bank. As daylight breaks upon us it reveals on either side a long expanse of reed-covered plain, treeless except for one solitary specimen at a considerable distance inland. The sun rises, and birds already familiar start away for the day, with its attendant pleasures and risks to them. An unexpected, butFor long hours of the dark night our progress consists of successive bumps and rubs against the rafts, which more and more completely fill up the narrowing creek. Sleep is impossible; to read newspapers all night through equally so. With the falling tide, once more our boats are secured along the bank. As daylight breaks upon us it reveals on either side a long expanse of reed-covered plain, treeless except for one solitary specimen at a considerable distance inland. The sun rises, and birds already familiar start away for the day, with its attendant pleasures and risks to them. An unexpected, but
