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... amongst the forest appeared many isolated hills and knolls , backed up by a boldly defined peaked range of hills , the Dana Toung , distant about fifteen miles , which forms the water - parting between the Thoungyeen and Salween rivers ...
... amongst the forest appeared many isolated hills and knolls , backed up by a boldly defined peaked range of hills , the Dana Toung , distant about fifteen miles , which forms the water - parting between the Thoungyeen and Salween rivers ...
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... amongst the foresters of tinned milk , salmon , sardines , butter , and biscuits - all coming from Maulmain . The Kamooks and Kamaits , who attend to the elephants and fell the timber , belong to the dwarf races of Indo - China , and ...
... amongst the foresters of tinned milk , salmon , sardines , butter , and biscuits - all coming from Maulmain . The Kamooks and Kamaits , who attend to the elephants and fell the timber , belong to the dwarf races of Indo - China , and ...
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... amongst the Burmese in his best plumage , boasting of the great posi- tion he held in the expedition , and joining in the festivities that were going on day and night during our stay . Portow Iwas in his element . He set up as an oracle ...
... amongst the Burmese in his best plumage , boasting of the great posi- tion he held in the expedition , and joining in the festivities that were going on day and night during our stay . Portow Iwas in his element . He set up as an oracle ...
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... amongst the Karens , the personal property of the deceased is interred with the corpse . The practice of burning their dead amongst the Shans must be of recent date , for in the middle of the sixteenth cen- tury , when they first became ...
... amongst the Karens , the personal property of the deceased is interred with the corpse . The practice of burning their dead amongst the Shans must be of recent date , for in the middle of the sixteenth cen- tury , when they first became ...
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... amongst the Chinese that Kwan - yin , the goddess of mercy , the offspring of the lotus - flower , terminates the torments of souls in purgatory by casting a lotus - flower on them . In China , miniature offerings are laid before images ...
... amongst the Chinese that Kwan - yin , the goddess of mercy , the offspring of the lotus - flower , terminates the torments of souls in purgatory by casting a lotus - flower on them . In China , miniature offerings are laid before images ...
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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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