PICKET ON THE CHIN HILLS _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE THE PALACE, MANDALAY--"CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE" 6 THAYETMYO--MAIL STEAMER LEAVING 26 A PONGHI'S FUNERAL PROCESSION 38 MANDALAY 48 SHWÈTAKYAT PROMONTORY OPPOSITE SAGAING 64 "THE MOAT," MANDALAY, AND NORTH WALL OF FORT DUFFERIN 70 OUTER BAMBOO STOCKADE OF BURMESE FRONTIER VILLAGE 86 CONSULTATION OF VILLAGE HEADMEN WITH CHIEF COMMISSIONER 90 BURMESE DACOITS BEFORE TRIAL-WORST CHARACTERS AND NATIVE POLICE GUARD 110 SAW MÖNG, SAWBWA OF YAWNGHWÈ, AND HIS CONSORT 142 PADAUNG LADIES--SHAN STATES 154 A JUNGLE CAMP IN THE SHAN STATES 166 PAGODAS AT MANG KAO-SHAN STATES 180 GROUP OF RED KARENS 190 SAWLAWI--SAWBWA GANTARAWADI. (RED KARENS) 202 THE EASTERNMOST POINT OF THE BRITISH-INDIAN EMPIRE--REACH OF THE ME KHONG, WHERE OUR BOUNDARY MARCHES WITH FRENCH INDO-CHINA 212 KACHIN WOMEN AND CHILDREN 244 YAWGIN WITH CROSS-BOW (MOUNTAINS NORTH OF MYIT KYINA) 250 KACHIN WOMEN (NORTHERN IRRAWADDY) 250 BHAMO BATTALION DRAWN UP FOR INSPECTION 252 GETTING A DHOOLIE UP AN AWKWARD BIT 268 CLIMBING UP THE STEEP CHIN HILLS (CHIN CAMPAIGN) 268 BARGAINING WITH HAKA CHINS 276 MARCHING INTO THE KLANG KLANG COUNTRY (CHIN-LUSHAI CAMPAIGN) 282 HAKA SLAVE-WOMAN SMOKING A PIPE 284 HAKA BRAVES 284 ON THE CHIN HILLS--ARRANGING PLAN OF ATTACK (CHIN-LUSHAI CAMPAIGN) 288 HAKA CHINS 292 A CHIN "ZU" DRINK 292 IN THE SECOND DEFILE OF THE IRRAWADDY BELOW BHAMO 304 BURMESE LADIES MAKING A CALL 324 MAPS MAP OF SHAN STATES 133 MAP OF TRANS-SALWEEN 209 MAP OF BHAMO MONGMIT 234 MAP OF CHIN HILLS, ETC. 253 MAP OF KACHIN HILLS, BHAMO, KATHA 303 THE PACIFICATION OF BURMA CHAPTER I