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... town and capital of the Shan State of that name . The Khas , like all the hill tribes in Indo - China , offer sacrifices to evil spirits , who , according to them , are the cause of all the ills that man is heir to . In a single case of ...
... town and capital of the Shan State of that name . The Khas , like all the hill tribes in Indo - China , offer sacrifices to evil spirits , who , according to them , are the cause of all the ills that man is heir to . In a single case of ...
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... towns , it has a peculiar air of regu- larity and neatness ; the ends of the Shan houses invariably facing north and ... town . The suburbs , which are built at the north and west of the city , and outside the stockade , include 104 ...
... towns , it has a peculiar air of regu- larity and neatness ; the ends of the Shan houses invariably facing north and ... town . The suburbs , which are built at the north and west of the city , and outside the stockade , include 104 ...
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... town making their purchases and bargaining from stall to stall ; everything was double , or more than double , the Maulmain price , and hardly anything in the shape of edibles was to be got . Pork had been sold off in the early morning ...
... town making their purchases and bargaining from stall to stall ; everything was double , or more than double , the Maulmain price , and hardly anything in the shape of edibles was to be got . Pork had been sold off in the early morning ...
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... town , and surrounded and divided from each other by moats and ditches . Their area , which is now overgrown by a forest of great trees , is much larger than that of Maing Loongyee , but contains no visible ruins of ancient date . The ...
... town , and surrounded and divided from each other by moats and ditches . Their area , which is now overgrown by a forest of great trees , is much larger than that of Maing Loongyee , but contains no visible ruins of ancient date . The ...
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... town , to visit the earth - hills and take photographs of the country from the platform of a pagoda , which stands out well against the sky . The water was about three feet deep , and the bottom covered with large pebbles , giving a ...
... town , to visit the earth - hills and take photographs of the country from the platform of a pagoda , which stands out well against the sky . The water was about three feet deep , and the bottom covered with large pebbles , giving a ...
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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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