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a cool breeze being made by the boat at the bow. At Bhamo the river is 2 miles wide but lower down it is 3 miles in places. At 3 P.M. we passed through the defile where the river runs between great forested cliffs & is only 100 yds or 200 yds wide. At one point a cliff 1000 feet high rises sheer crowned by a few trees at the summit. The rock formation is gray weather limestone. The river here shows considerable current & a few boiling whorls. The forest has