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Page xix
... boys good fighters , . CHAPTER II . Surveying Thankful for a halt - Leave Hlineboay - Karen houses infested with bugs - Halt near well - Rigging up shelter for the night — Tent left behind - Teak - forest - Yunnanese - A scare ...
... boys good fighters , . CHAPTER II . Surveying Thankful for a halt - Leave Hlineboay - Karen houses infested with bugs - Halt near well - Rigging up shelter for the night — Tent left behind - Teak - forest - Yunnanese - A scare ...
Page xxiv
... boys taken for ogres - Marching in single file - Scene at the ford - Cheap provisions - Chinese caravans- -Cost of carriage Opinion of Dr Cheek as to the prospects for a Burmah - China railway - Population of Siamese Shan States ...
... boys taken for ogres - Marching in single file - Scene at the ford - Cheap provisions - Chinese caravans- -Cost of carriage Opinion of Dr Cheek as to the prospects for a Burmah - China railway - Population of Siamese Shan States ...
Page xxix
... boys again : panic - stricken fisherwomen - Water - parting between the Meh Ping and Meh Kong - Railway from Zimmé to Muang Fang and Kiang Hsen - A freak of nature - Tree eight feet broad- A deer - lick - Bed without dinner - Illness of ...
... boys again : panic - stricken fisherwomen - Water - parting between the Meh Ping and Meh Kong - Railway from Zimmé to Muang Fang and Kiang Hsen - A freak of nature - Tree eight feet broad- A deer - lick - Bed without dinner - Illness of ...
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... BOYS GOOD FIGHTERS . " DR CUSHING here , sahib ! boat coming : " so gasped Veyloo and Jewan , my Madras servants , as they came racing up the staircase of the teak - built court - house at Shoaygoon , where I was enjoying a smoke whilst ...
... BOYS GOOD FIGHTERS . " DR CUSHING here , sahib ! boat coming : " so gasped Veyloo and Jewan , my Madras servants , as they came racing up the staircase of the teak - built court - house at Shoaygoon , where I was enjoying a smoke whilst ...
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... boys , who had rushed off as soon as they had given me the news , I scrambled down the steep bank of the Salween ... boys have lunch ready . " Meanwhile the boys had been welcoming Ramasawmy , Dr Cushing's Madras servant ; and Shoay Wai ...
... boys , who had rushed off as soon as they had given me the news , I scrambled down the steep bank of the Salween ... boys have lunch ready . " Meanwhile the boys had been welcoming Ramasawmy , Dr Cushing's Madras servant ; and Shoay Wai ...
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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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