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are said to compose this forest. The river here shows yellow clay or sand banks rising perpendicular some 40 feet or so. At Mimbu where we anchored there are mud volcanoes of small size which throw up or bubble forth a sort of coal gas. The town as well as the volcanoes is situated some five miles away from the anchorage so we did not visit them.
[[circled left]] 21 [[/circled left]] At 3 P.M. we reached Prome in a drizzling rain. Just opposite the anchorage is a reef or rock running parrel [[sic]] with the shore the crest of which was showing above the 

Transcription Notes:
Mimbu should be Minbu Prome is now known as Pyay