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... leaving - Visit Siamese prince - A Gatling gun as an orna- ment - Railway routes - Number of fighting - men - Dismiss Loo- galay - Pretty pagodas - Boxing and wrestling - The bridge breaks - Presents from Chow Oo - boon - A lover's lute ...
... leaving - Visit Siamese prince - A Gatling gun as an orna- ment - Railway routes - Number of fighting - men - Dismiss Loo- galay - Pretty pagodas - Boxing and wrestling - The bridge breaks - Presents from Chow Oo - boon - A lover's lute ...
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... Leaving the valley , we proceeded over laterite ground , amongst small trees and scrub - jungle . Before reaching the Hlineboay river we had been pretty nearly jolted to death by our abominable driver , the worst and most apathetic of ...
... Leaving the valley , we proceeded over laterite ground , amongst small trees and scrub - jungle . Before reaching the Hlineboay river we had been pretty nearly jolted to death by our abominable driver , the worst and most apathetic of ...
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... leaving Maulmain I had purchased forty pahs , or baskets made of pliable wicker - work , each being about twenty inches long , fifteen inches broad , and ten inches deep , which would fit easily into the howdah of an elephant . These ...
... leaving Maulmain I had purchased forty pahs , or baskets made of pliable wicker - work , each being about twenty inches long , fifteen inches broad , and ten inches deep , which would fit easily into the howdah of an elephant . These ...
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... leaving Hlineboay we passed over slightly undulating ground , covered with stunted trees and scrub - jungle , and then entered paddy - fields through which we proceeded to Quambee , a Talaing , or Pwo , Karen village in a rice - plain ...
... leaving Hlineboay we passed over slightly undulating ground , covered with stunted trees and scrub - jungle , and then entered paddy - fields through which we proceeded to Quambee , a Talaing , or Pwo , Karen village in a rice - plain ...
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... Leaving the zayat a little before seven , we crossed the river and clambered over a low hillock , and continued through the forest , with teak - trees still appearing at inter- vals . Small hills and spurs from the Kyouk Toung range ...
... Leaving the zayat a little before seven , we crossed the river and clambered over a low hillock , and continued through the forest , with teak - trees still appearing at inter- vals . Small hills and spurs from the Kyouk Toung range ...
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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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