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lying along the share nearly all of them Iriwady [[sic]] Flotilla company, the only one which operates on the river. They have a fleet of 300 River steamers 40 of which have been loaned to the Brit. Govt for war & sent to the Tigris River in Mesopotamia. There is a trolley line running from the shore to the center of town at the Bazar. The bazar consists of long halls or stalls in a well built stone building. All sorts of merchandise is sold here as well as fruit, grain & vegetables. The merchants were nearly all women (Burmese) attractive &  vivacious. The town is well laid out with wide macademized [[sic]] streets & a bank & several streets are here as well as trolley lines to various places.

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Iriwady should be Irrawaddy