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... night — Tent left behind - Teak - forest - Yunnanese - A scare— Exploding bamboos - Trees 130 feet high - A mid - day halt— The British guard - house - A night camp - Glutinous rice , mode of cooking and carriage - Elephants feeding ...
... night — Tent left behind - Teak - forest - Yunnanese - A scare— Exploding bamboos - Trees 130 feet high - A mid - day halt— The British guard - house - A night camp - Glutinous rice , mode of cooking and carriage - Elephants feeding ...
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... night - Heavy rain - A shower - bath in bed - Elephants crossing steep hills - Wild animals - Reach the Meh Nium- Karen pigs Remains of a lake - bottom - The Maing Loongyee plain - Epidemic of smallpox - Villages tabooed - Arrive at ...
... night - Heavy rain - A shower - bath in bed - Elephants crossing steep hills - Wild animals - Reach the Meh Nium- Karen pigs Remains of a lake - bottom - The Maing Loongyee plain - Epidemic of smallpox - Villages tabooed - Arrive at ...
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... night - Large game - Threatened with beheading- Legend of the hare - lip - Building a house - Chinese forts- Trichinosis - Reach Muang Fang , CHAPTER XXVIII . Muang Fang - Deserted for 200 years - Proclamation resettling the province ...
... night - Large game - Threatened with beheading- Legend of the hare - lip - Building a house - Chinese forts- Trichinosis - Reach Muang Fang , CHAPTER XXVIII . Muang Fang - Deserted for 200 years - Proclamation resettling the province ...
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... NIGHT - TENT LEFT BEHIND - TEAK - FOREST- YUNNANESE - A SCARE - EXPLODING BAMBOOS TREES 130 FEET HIGH - A MID - DAY HALT - THE BRITISH GUARD - HOUSE - A NIGHT CAMP -GLUTINOUS RICE , MODE OF COOKING AND CARRIAGE - ELEPHANTS FEEDING ...
... NIGHT - TENT LEFT BEHIND - TEAK - FOREST- YUNNANESE - A SCARE - EXPLODING BAMBOOS TREES 130 FEET HIGH - A MID - DAY HALT - THE BRITISH GUARD - HOUSE - A NIGHT CAMP -GLUTINOUS RICE , MODE OF COOKING AND CARRIAGE - ELEPHANTS FEEDING ...
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... night was quickly formed with a few bamboos , roofed with two large waterproof sheets which I luckily had with me . My tent had been left behind in Maulmain through an oversight of the boys ; and although the Bombay - Burmah party ...
... night was quickly formed with a few bamboos , roofed with two large waterproof sheets which I luckily had with me . My tent had been left behind in Maulmain through an oversight of the boys ; and although the Bombay - Burmah party ...
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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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