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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 140 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SANDOWAY , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

ARAKAN

Arakan See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

LOWER

Lower See also:

BURMA

Burma. The town (pop. 1901, 12,845) is very See also:

ancient, and is said to have been at one See also:

time the See also:

capital of Arakan. The district has an See also:

AREA

area of 3784 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 90,927, showing an increase of 16 % in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. The See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is mountainous, the Arakan range sending out spurs which reach the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. Some of the peaks in the N. attain 4000 and more ft. The streams are only See also:

mountain torrents to within a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of the coast; the mouth of the Khwa forms a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good anchorage for vessels of from 9 to 10 ft. See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught. The rocks in the Arakan range and its spurs are metamorphic, and comprise See also:

clay, slates, ironstone and indurated See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone; towards the S., ironstone, See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap and rocks of basaltic See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character are See also:

COMMON

common; See also:

VEINS

veins of steatite and See also:

white fibrous See also:

QUARTZ

quartz are also found. The rainfall in 1905 was 230'49 in. Except a few acres of See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, all the cultivation is See also:

rice. Sandoway was ceded to the See also:

BRITISH

British, with the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Arakan, by the treaty of Yandabo in 1826.

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