Burma image, WA0401. View of Falam hill over the Myitha River, Chin soldier in the foreground. P.R. Pict. Photograph taken by James Henry Green in Burma (Myanmar). It was taken in the 1920s. 'The main ranges [of the Chin Hills] run mainly north to south and vary in height from 5,000ft to 9,000ft, feet among the most important being the Letha or Tang, which is the watershed between the Chindwin and Manipur Rivers; the Imbukklang, which divides the Sokte tribe the Whenohs and sheds the water from its eastern slopes into Upper Burma and that from its western slopes into Arakan; the Rongklang, which, with its prolongations, is the main watershed of the southern hills, its eastern slopes draining into the Myitha and thus into the Chindwin, while the western face drains into the Boinu river, which, winding through the hills discharges itself eventually into the Bay of Bengal' ['The Chin Hills: Vol. I', B. S. Carey and H. N. Tuck, Rangoon, 1896, p.6]
Self and some of the party during a rest. Except in the hills rough roads exist throughout the Shan States and bullock cart transport is slow but sure.
Burma image, WA0711. Self and some of the party...
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