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the seas surrounding Burma are innumerable islands, for the most part of no great economic importance. Some will be mentioned in the short account of lighthouses.

At the mouth of the Kaladan, off the coast of Arakan, are the Baronga Islands where oil wells have been worked for many years with only moderate success. Further south, forming great part of Kyaukpyu, are the large inhabited islands of Ramree (800-900 square miles) and Cheduba (220 square miles) and many smaller islands. Off the coast of Sandoway is Foul Island. At the mouth of the Bassein river are Haing-gyi or Negrais and Diamond Island where countless turtles lay myriads of eggs.

The serpent of this Eden is the deadly sea-snake of the encircling waters.

Attached to the Hanthawaddy district for administrative purposes are the Cocos, two islands of no great size or importance, lying nearly due north of the Andamans.