Towards the Land of the Rising Sun
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Excerpt from Towards the Land of the Rising Sun: Or, Four Years in Burma "Tell them that as long as the Sun shines in the Heavens, the British Flag shall wave over these Possessions" The words were spoken calmly and firmly by Lord Dalhousie in the presence of the Burmese Envoys who had been sent to Calcutta from the proud and treacherous Court of Ava in December 1854. They demanded, in the name of their King, the Golden Foot, the restitution of all British possessions in Burma, and Lord Dalhousie´s answer was the "ultimatum" to their presumptuous request. And this land, over which the British Flag proudly waved, was to be my home for several years. As the Nowshera steamed up the Rangoon river, one day early in February 1894, I gazed at the surrounding country with the deepest interest. To the right and left, as far as the eye could reach, stretched the flat country rich in mangroves, palmyras, and other well-grown trees. As we approached Rangoon the centre of attraction became the great dome of the Shwé Dagon Pagoda, which glittered in the fierce rays of the sun. There is no doubt that a great future lies before this country; in fact it has been said of Rangoon that it "is one of the most rising places in the east." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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