Of unmetalled roads, 10,570 miles are reckoned. Many of these are merely rough tracks, clouded with dust in the dry weather, soaked with mud in the rains. The principal metalled roads are those from Rangoon to Prome; from

Rangoon to Pegu; from Mandalay to Maymyo; from Thazi to Taung-gyi; from Thabeik-kyin to Mogôk. The three roads last mentioned wind along hill sides, between lofty cliffs and sheer precipices, with many curves. They are quite practicable for motor traffic. The road from Myitkyina to Fort Hertz (Putao) is a mule-track.