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... person . How glad I was to place the gold in the custody of the missionaries at Zimmé when I arrived there ! Very few men would care to be rich if they had to carry their wealth in bullion about them . After continuing northwards along ...
... person . How glad I was to place the gold in the custody of the missionaries at Zimmé when I arrived there ! Very few men would care to be rich if they had to carry their wealth in bullion about them . After continuing northwards along ...
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... person chosen by the court and people being of princely descent all such are called chow or prince ; secondly , upon his influence and wealth , the number of his serfs and slaves , business capacity , integrity , and his popularity with ...
... person chosen by the court and people being of princely descent all such are called chow or prince ; secondly , upon his influence and wealth , the number of his serfs and slaves , business capacity , integrity , and his popularity with ...
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... person in communion with this spirit rises quietly from sleep at night , and stealing down - stairs , tips his ( or her ) nose thrice against the spirit post . This action makes the face lustrous , and by its light , as by a lamp , the ...
... person in communion with this spirit rises quietly from sleep at night , and stealing down - stairs , tips his ( or her ) nose thrice against the spirit post . This action makes the face lustrous , and by its light , as by a lamp , the ...
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... person in a small basket . The members squatting like tailors round the tray in a circle , take up the rice in lumps with their fingers , and dip it into the common bowl of curry , and pick out tit - bits from the other bowls as it ...
... person in a small basket . The members squatting like tailors round the tray in a circle , take up the rice in lumps with their fingers , and dip it into the common bowl of curry , and pick out tit - bits from the other bowls as it ...
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... person dressed in ordinary female costume , who seemed to be very masculine in appearance , and considerably above 4 feet 10 inches in height - a height few Zimmé Shan women attain to . On telling Dr M'Gilvary , he informed me that the ...
... person dressed in ordinary female costume , who seemed to be very masculine in appearance , and considerably above 4 feet 10 inches in height - a height few Zimmé Shan women attain to . On telling Dr M'Gilvary , he informed me that the ...
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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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