Publisher's Synopsis
Let us visit the great Shwe Dagon pagoda in Rangoon, one of the living centres of the Buddhist world, whereamidst a splendid grove of palms and forest trees thegolden spire rises high above a vast platform crowdedwith shrines and images of the Buddha. Far below is theteeming city bathed in golden light, and humming withlife; here all is still save for the rustle of leaves and thetinkling of innumerable bells upon the great pagodapinnacle, and the shouting of a class of boys in themonastery school near by
