To the right they could see the flat country stretching towards the Irrawaddy, to the left the ground was more sharply undulating.

Two miles away was a stream of fair size, which they judged to be the river that runs down to Pegu, and afterwards joins the Rangoon river below the town.
Stanley thought that the hill on which they stood was some five hundred feet above the low country they had left.

A great part of the hills was covered with trees although, at the point where they had made their way up, the hillside was bare.

They went on until they entered the forest, and there set to work to chop firewood.
Meinik carried a tinderbox, and soon had a fire blazing, and by its side they piled a great stock of wood.
"I do not know that there are any leopards so far south as this," he said, "but at any rate it will be safer to keep a big fire blazing.

I never used to think much about leopards but, ever since I had that great beast's foot upon my back, I have had a horror of them." The next morning they continued their journey south, going along boldly and passing through several villages.
"You are late for the war," an old man said, as they went through one of them.
"I know we are," Meinik replied, "but we were away with a caravan of traders when the order came; and so, instead of going down the river, we have had to journey on foot.