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... Chow Oo - boon , a spirit - medium - Consulting ancestral spirits — An exorcist - Spirit of witchcraft - Ill - treating a patient - Treat- ment of witches - False charges - Missionary destroys an image -Execution of Christians ...
... Chow Oo - boon , a spirit - medium - Consulting ancestral spirits — An exorcist - Spirit of witchcraft - Ill - treating a patient - Treat- ment of witches - False charges - Missionary destroys an image -Execution of Christians ...
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... Chow Hona of Kiang Hai - An immense plain , CHAPTER XV . Princes in their best clothes - A procession - Reach Kiang Hai- Dilapidated houses - The Meh Khoke - Ngios from Moné- • 142 xxiv CONTENTS . Kiang Hai - Former Siamese capital -
... Chow Hona of Kiang Hai - An immense plain , CHAPTER XV . Princes in their best clothes - A procession - Reach Kiang Hai- Dilapidated houses - The Meh Khoke - Ngios from Moné- • 142 xxiv CONTENTS . Kiang Hai - Former Siamese capital -
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... Chow Hona - Man killed by wild elephant - Chiefs wish for railway - Would help by granting wood for bridges and sleepers Kamooks for labourers Chinese Shans and Chinese would flock in for hire - Easiest route for loop - line to Zimmé ...
... Chow Hona - Man killed by wild elephant - Chiefs wish for railway - Would help by granting wood for bridges and sleepers Kamooks for labourers Chinese Shans and Chinese would flock in for hire - Easiest route for loop - line to Zimmé ...
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... Chow Oo - boon - A lover's lute - Lace prized - Dr Cushing's views on the Ping Shans - Connection with Siam - Taxation - Corvée labour - Serfs - Slaves purchased from Red Karens - Debt slaves in chains - Religion - Field for ...
... Chow Oo - boon - A lover's lute - Lace prized - Dr Cushing's views on the Ping Shans - Connection with Siam - Taxation - Corvée labour - Serfs - Slaves purchased from Red Karens - Debt slaves in chains - Religion - Field for ...
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... Chow Rat Sampan , the chief , a first cousin of the late Queen of Zimmé , is looked upon as the ablest man in the kingdom . Backed by the influence of the queen , he had gone to Bangkok to get himself appointed second King of Zimmé by ...
... Chow Rat Sampan , the chief , a first cousin of the late Queen of Zimmé , is looked upon as the ablest man in the kingdom . Backed by the influence of the queen , he had gone to Bangkok to get himself appointed second King of Zimmé by ...
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amongst bamboo Ban Meh Bangkok bank Bhamo boys breakfast Buddh Burmah Burmese Shans camp caravan chief China Chinese Chow Hluang cotton crest crossed the Meh distance Dr Cushing Dr M'Gilvary east elephants feet broad feet deep forest Gaudama ground halted hillocks hills howdah Huay inches journey Kamooks Kampti Karenni Karens Khas Khow Khum Kiang Hai Kiang Hsen Kiang Tung La-hu Lakon Laos Lapoon Lawa leaving Loi Soo Tayp Loogalay Luang Prabang mahout Maing Loongyee Maulmain Meh Khoke Meh Kong Meh Laik Meh Low Meh Nium Meh Ping Meh Wung miles from Hlineboay missionaries monastery Moné morning Moung Muang Haut Ngor night Nong pagoda passed Phya Ping Shans placed plain plateau Portow railway rest-house rice river rupees Salween Salween river sandstone Siamese side slaves spirits spurs stream teak temple Thoungyeen told trees valley verandah Viang Yunnan Zimmé Shans
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