Overland trade of Burma and China--Early notices--English travellers--Burmese treaty of 1862--Dr. Williams--Objects of the expedition--Its constitution--Arrival at Mandalay--Second coronation of the king--The suburbs--The bazaars--Mengoon--Burmese navigation--Shienpagah--Coal mines--The third defile--Sacred fish--Tagoung and Old Pagan--Ngapé--Katha--Magnetic battery--The first Kakhyens--The Shuaybaw pagodas--The second defile--View of Bhamô CHAPTER II. BHAMÔ. 37-66 Arrival at Bhamô--Our quarters--The town--The Woon’s house--The Shan-Burmese--Kakhyen man-stealing--The environs--Old Tsampenago--Legendary history--The Shuaykeenah pagodas--The Molay river--The first defile--Delays and intrigues--Sala--The new Woon--Our departure--Tsitkaw--Mountain muleteers--The Manloung lake--The phoongyee’s farewell CHAPTER III. KAKHYEN HILLS. 67-86 Departure from Tsitkaw--Our cavalcade--The hills--A false alarm--Talone--First night in the hills--The tsawbwa-gadaw--Ponline village--A death dance--The divination--A meetway--Nampoung gorge--A dangerous road--Lakong bivouac--Arrival at Ponsee--A Kakhyen coquette CHAPTER IV. PONSEE CAMP. 87-124 Desertion of the muleteers--Our encampment--Visit of hill chiefs--Sala’s demands--A mountain excursion--Messengers from Momien--Shans refuse presents--Stoppage of supplies--Ill-feeling--Tsawbwa of Seray--St. Patrick’s Day--Retreat of Sala--The pawmines of Ponsee--A burial-ground--Visit to the Tapeng--The silver mines--Approach of the rains--Hostility of Ponsee--Threatened attack--Reconciliation--A false start--Letters from Momien--A hailstorm--Circular to the members of the mission--Beads and belles--Friendly relations with Kakhyens--Their importance CHAPTER V. THE KAKHYENS. 125-154 The Kakhyens or Kakoos--The clans--Their chiefs--Mountain villages--Cultivation and crops--Personal appearance--Costume--Arms and implements--Female dress and ornaments--Women’s work--Sheroo--Morals--Marriage--Music--Births--Funerals--Religion-- Language--Character--How to deal with them--Our party CHAPTER VI. MANWYNE TO MOMIEN. 155-188 Departure from Ponsee--Valley of the Tapeng--A curious crowd--Our khyoung--Matins--The town of Manwyne--Visit to the haw--The tsawbwa-gadaw--An armed demonstration--Karahokah--Sanda--The chief and his grandson--Muangla--Shan burial-grounds--The Tahô--A murdered traveller--Mawphoo valley--Muangtee--Nantin--Valley of Nantin--The hot springs--Attacked by Chinese--Hawshuenshan volcano--Valley of Momien--Arrival at the city CHAPTER VII. MOMIEN. 189-222