Through Burmah to western China, notes of a journey in 1863Blackwood, 1868 |
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... bamboo leaves ( the same as Kamsuks are made of ) , and coarse carpets are thrown over the load of each pack animal . The Chinese gave me the idea that the road once open , this article can be supplied in unlimited quantity . . TEA ...
... bamboo leaves ( the same as Kamsuks are made of ) , and coarse carpets are thrown over the load of each pack animal . The Chinese gave me the idea that the road once open , this article can be supplied in unlimited quantity . . TEA ...
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... bamboo cup for future separation . The digger , who was old , somewhat surly , and not at all eager , said he did not earn more than a moo ( threepence ) a - day , and he only worked because the governor wanted gold for presentation to ...
... bamboo cup for future separation . The digger , who was old , somewhat surly , and not at all eager , said he did not earn more than a moo ( threepence ) a - day , and he only worked because the governor wanted gold for presentation to ...
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... bamboo netting , and the fish within were being narcotised by some kind of bark called by the fishermen " Guu . " When the fish above the enclosure are all taken , the netting is re- moved and a new supply allowed to enter , and the ...
... bamboo netting , and the fish within were being narcotised by some kind of bark called by the fishermen " Guu . " When the fish above the enclosure are all taken , the netting is re- moved and a new supply allowed to enter , and the ...
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... bamboo about five feet long . The weight of their loads is extraordinary , considering that they are borne by these sturdy fellows not less than twelve or fifteen miles a - day . I could scarcely lift . one of these burdens , and yet ...
... bamboo about five feet long . The weight of their loads is extraordinary , considering that they are borne by these sturdy fellows not less than twelve or fifteen miles a - day . I could scarcely lift . one of these burdens , and yet ...
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... bamboo fence having north , south , and west gates , but these I found shut for the night , and had to return without obtaining a glimpse of the surrounding district . 10th . This morning the Myo - ook * sent a present of a couple of ...
... bamboo fence having north , south , and west gates , but these I found shut for the night , and had to return without obtaining a glimpse of the surrounding district . 10th . This morning the Myo - ook * sent a present of a couple of ...
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ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON arrack Assam Atlas bamboo Bamò Bamò route Beloos boat Bodwin British Burmah Burmah Burmah Proper Burmese Cambodia capital cheroots Chinese Chinese frontier cloth cotton Crown 8vo defile district Dr Williams east English Esmok Fcap feet GEORGE ELIOT give Government half-bound hyeens Indian Ingtha inhabitants Irawaddi JOHN HILL BURTON jungle Kakhyeen Kakhyeen hills Kakhyeen mountains Kiang-Hung King Koliya lakhs Majesty Malé Mandalay Maps miles ministers Momein morning navigable neighbours night Nikandan officials Padasayé pagoda Pansees passed political Pongyees present prince Professor puey Pynbun railway Raj Singh Rangoon reached river road rocks royal Salween Sawuddy Sechuen Second Edition sent Shan Shweygoo Shweylee side silk Singphos SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON stream Tagoung Tali Taping Thada Thoogyee tickals tion told trade trade-route tribes Tsaubwa Tsiké Upper Burmah village vols Western China Woon Woon's Yang-tse-kiang young Yunan
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