some size rising in China; on the right bank, the Kauk-kwe, Mosit and Meza, streams of no great volume or value. Further south are the Madaya river known also as Chaungmagyi or Nampi, which issues from the Northern Shan States as the Mobye, above, and the Myitngè, Dóktawadi or Namtu, below, Mandalay. The Myitngè, though its name means "little river" as compared with the great river into
Fig. 17. Burmese boats.
which it merges, is of considerable size. It runs in a south-westerly direction through the Shan States; is much used as a floating stream for timber; and is distinguished by the Namsan waterfalls of singular beauty[1]. The Myitngè receives the waters of the Panlaung already joined by the Samôn and of the Zawgyi, both from the south.
- ↑ These falls now provide power for electric works and their beauty may be marred.
