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Page xxi
... Muang Haut - Cabbages - Tobacco - cutting -A bobbery - Fable of the peacock and the crow - Sketching the country - Conversing by signs - Interviewing the head - man -Boat - hire on the Meh Nam - Cost of carriage - Rainfall- Produce of ...
... Muang Haut - Cabbages - Tobacco - cutting -A bobbery - Fable of the peacock and the crow - Sketching the country - Conversing by signs - Interviewing the head - man -Boat - hire on the Meh Nam - Cost of carriage - Rainfall- Produce of ...
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... Muang La Maing , the site of the first Zimmé Shan city - Ascent of Loi Soo Tayp— The pagoda of the emerald rice - bowl - Pagoda slaves - Dr M'Gilvary joins my party - Visiting Burmese foresters - Re- ligious buildings erected by the ...
... Muang La Maing , the site of the first Zimmé Shan city - Ascent of Loi Soo Tayp— The pagoda of the emerald rice - bowl - Pagoda slaves - Dr M'Gilvary joins my party - Visiting Burmese foresters - Re- ligious buildings erected by the ...
Page xxiv
... Muang Doo - Blood- thirsty flies - Elephants as tool - users - Inhospitable ancestral spirits - Game plentiful ... Muang Fang - Kiang Hsen plain - Siamese aggression - Deserted cities of Manola- Tigers - Attack on Kiang Hsen in 1794 ...
... Muang Doo - Blood- thirsty flies - Elephants as tool - users - Inhospitable ancestral spirits - Game plentiful ... Muang Fang - Kiang Hsen plain - Siamese aggression - Deserted cities of Manola- Tigers - Attack on Kiang Hsen in 1794 ...
Page xxv
... Muang Hpan - Formation of a settlement - Emigrants to Kiang Hsen in 1887 - Prosperity of country - Mr Archer's opinion - The father of the state- Like a Highlander - Deserted cities - An ancient Christian -Viang Poo Ken - Rapid decay of ...
... Muang Hpan - Formation of a settlement - Emigrants to Kiang Hsen in 1887 - Prosperity of country - Mr Archer's opinion - The father of the state- Like a Highlander - Deserted cities - An ancient Christian -Viang Poo Ken - Rapid decay of ...
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... Muang Ngow - Settled by Lakon - Karen villages - Teak - forests - Four thousand Bur- mese destroyed - A distributing centre for Muang Nan and Muang Peh - Deficient rainfall - Burmese pedlars - Immi- grants from Kiang Hung - A terrible ...
... Muang Ngow - Settled by Lakon - Karen villages - Teak - forests - Four thousand Bur- mese destroyed - A distributing centre for Muang Nan and Muang Peh - Deficient rainfall - Burmese pedlars - Immi- grants from Kiang Hung - A terrible ...
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amongst ancient 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 entered feet broad feet deep forest Gaudama ground halted hillocks hills howdah inches journey Kamooks Kampti Karenni Karens Khas Khow Khum Kiang Hai Kiang Hsen Kiang Tung 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 pagoda passed Penyow Phya Ping Shans placed plain plateau Portow railway rest-house rice river rupees Salween Salween river Siamese side slaves spirits spurs stream teak temple Thoungyeen told trees valley verandah Viang whilst Yunnan Zimmé Shans
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