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Ye-nan-gyoung: Tamarind Tree

Linnaeus Tripe British

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Tripe and his fellow officers were impressed not only by the "striking and fantastic" beauty of Ye-nan-gyoung but also by the pungent smell of the naturally occurring petroleum that permeated the air. (Ye-nan-gyoung means "fetid water rivulet" in Burmese.) By contrasting the giant silhouetted tamarind tree in the foreground with the distant hilltop pagoda, Tripe adroitly revealed both the natural and the manmade wonders of the site.

Ye-nan-gyoung: Tamarind Tree, Linnaeus Tripe (British, Devonport (Plymouth Dock) 1822–1902 Devonport)

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