Appearance of enemy--Murder of Margary--Friendly tsawbwas--Mission attacked--Woonkah tsawbwa bought over--The jungle fired--Repulse of attack--Incidents of the day--Our retreat--Shitee--Burmese reinforcements--Halt at guard-house--Retreat on Tsitkaw via Woonkah--Elias and Cooke’s visit to Muangmow--Li-sieh-tai--Return of Captain Cooke--Elias at Muangmow--Father Lecomte and the Mattin chief--A forged letter--The Saya of Kauntoung--Reports regarding Margary--The commission of inquiry--Return of Elias--Visit to the second defile--Mission’s return to Rangoon APPENDICES. I. A Note by Bishop Bigandet, on Burmese Bells 455 II. Origin of Mahommedanism in China; from Chinese Document 456 III. Deities worshipped by Kakhyens 457-459 IV. Deities in a Hotha Shan Temple 460-463 V. VOCABULARIES:--Kakhyen, Shan, Leesaw, and Poloung 464-473 INDEX 475-479 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. MAP OF COUNTRY TRAVERSED. GENERAL MAP, WITH ROUTES. PLAN OF MOMIEN; BY BURMESE SURVEYOR. MANDALAY, THE CAPITAL OF INDEPENDENT BURMA; FROM MANDALÉ HILL _Frontispiece._ _From a photograph by_ COLONEL SLADEN. _To face page_ THE DEVA-FACED CLIFF, SECOND DEFILE OF THE IRAWADY 34 _From a photograph by the_ AUTHOR. ROCKY BARRIER ON THE FIRST OR UPPER DEFILE OF THE IRAWADY 55 _From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS. KAKHYEN WOMEN 74 _From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS. OUR CAMP AT PONSEE 89 _From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS. KAKHYEN MEN--KAKHYEN MATRONS 125 _From photographs by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS. KAKHYEN AND SHAN PIPES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ETC. 134 _From photographs._ NANTIN VALLEY, TOWN OF MUANGTEE TO THE LEFT 178 _From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR. EXTINCT VOLCANO OF HAWSHUENSHAN; FROM SUMMIT OF MOMIEN HILL 186 _From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR. WITHIN THE WALLS OF MOMIEN OR TENG-YUE-CHOW 192 _From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR. WATERFALL OF THE TAHÔ; MOMIEN IN THE DISTANCE 208 _From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR. VALLEY OF SANDA, LOOKING WESTWARD FROM THE HILL BEHIND THE TOWN 254 _From a sketch by the_ AUTHOR. SHAN HEAD-DRESS, BRACELETS, AND EAR ORNAMENTS 296 _From photographs._ POSTURING GIRL AT MANDALAY 354 _From a photograph by the_ AUTHOR. VIEW IN BHAMÔ 364 _From a photograph by_ MAJOR WILLIAMS.