- Author:
- O'Connor, V. C. Scott (Vincent Clarence Scott)
- Publication Info:
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London:
Hutchinson and co,
1904,
pg 756
Text on page 756
The Silken East La-
bette postern gate, the wealth of Capelan has passed for centuries on its way to the great world ; to the treasuries of kings, to the fingers of princes, to the necks of beautiful women ; to the making of one, the undoing of another. Yet of all this there is little trace in the sleepy lineaments of Thabeit-kyin. The red stream of wealth has left it a quiet village. Three or four times a week,
PANTHAY MULETEER
the steamers call
here; every morning at this season small caravans of pack mules set out for the ruby mines, and every day at noon, or evening, long lines of weary mules file in to this the last stage of their journey. Bullock carts and buffalo carriages creak and toil along the road. But there is no trace anywhere of abounding life or vigour. No one
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