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... 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 missionaries- xxix 315 334 347 XXX CONTENTS . Sitting on a snake - Head or.
... 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 missionaries- xxix 315 334 347 XXX CONTENTS . Sitting on a snake - Head or.
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... broad , and ten inches deep , which would fit easily into the howdah of an elephant . These , after sorting , we labelled and numbered , entering the contents of each in my note - book . Method in packing saves a great deal of trouble ...
... broad , and ten inches deep , which would fit easily into the howdah of an elephant . These , after sorting , we labelled and numbered , entering the contents of each in my note - book . Method in packing saves a great deal of trouble ...
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... broad with banks 18 feet high . After following this stream for a mile , we camped for the night . Limestone and sandstone , with occasional shales , were the only rocks previously noticed : here trap cropped up for the first time , and ...
... broad with banks 18 feet high . After following this stream for a mile , we camped for the night . Limestone and sandstone , with occasional shales , were the only rocks previously noticed : here trap cropped up for the first time , and ...
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... broad , with banks 12 feet high , and water 3 feet deep . Meh Ka Tone lies 76 miles from Hlineboay , and 451 feet above sea - level . The house belonged to a forester who was absent , having left a Kamook slave in charge . Two Karen ...
... broad , with banks 12 feet high , and water 3 feet deep . Meh Ka Tone lies 76 miles from Hlineboay , and 451 feet above sea - level . The house belonged to a forester who was absent , having left a Kamook slave in charge . Two Karen ...
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... broad cattle - path , and sur- rounded on two sides by an orchard fringed with a fine hedge of roses eight feet in height . Two of the buildings . on opposite sides of the platform , separated from each other by a broad passage , served ...
... broad cattle - path , and sur- rounded on two sides by an orchard fringed with a fine hedge of roses eight feet in height . Two of the buildings . on opposite sides of the platform , separated from each other by a broad passage , served ...
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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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