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bronze bell many tons weight is suspended in a temple here. It was dropped in the river by the British taking it away & could not be raised by them. The Burmese however raised it & restored it to Rangoon. Several of the officers killed at the Pagoda which is surrounded by a fortified wall are buried near the Pagoda where they fell. Zoological gardens. The Zoo's near the Pagoda is a spacious park with trees & lakes. The cages are large & airy & contain local animals & a few foreign ones. I saw a Panda for the first time & the keeper, a Bengali, said this one had lived here several years but most of them died [[strikethrough]] when [[/strikethrough]] soon after arrival from Tibetan