The Loyal Karens of BurmaKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... land . I venture to think that there is not a district officer of experience in Burma who could not , within a few months , make out an accurate census of all the bad characters in his district . He has means at his disposal which a ...
... land . I venture to think that there is not a district officer of experience in Burma who could not , within a few months , make out an accurate census of all the bad characters in his district . He has means at his disposal which a ...
Pagina 41
... land . After thus systematically starving the men and marching their heels off for nothing , the men get surly , and are then reported mutinous and disobedient . Karens , marching every day in the rain , can't get the waterproof cloaks ...
... land . After thus systematically starving the men and marching their heels off for nothing , the men get surly , and are then reported mutinous and disobedient . Karens , marching every day in the rain , can't get the waterproof cloaks ...
Pagina 89
... land . In May or June , after the first downpour of rain , rice is sown , holes being dibbled in the ground and the seed dropped in . When the rice has come well up , cotton , capsicum , and maize are sown between the ridges . Near the ...
... land . In May or June , after the first downpour of rain , rice is sown , holes being dibbled in the ground and the seed dropped in . When the rice has come well up , cotton , capsicum , and maize are sown between the ridges . Near the ...
Pagina 90
... land , and the clansmen were obliged to go to a neighbouring country to replenish their slender stock of grain . When Po Khai's ( the orphan boy ) paddy was exhausted , his sister brought out the cherished piece of silver their parents ...
... land , and the clansmen were obliged to go to a neighbouring country to replenish their slender stock of grain . When Po Khai's ( the orphan boy ) paddy was exhausted , his sister brought out the cherished piece of silver their parents ...
Pagina 98
... land near his house . Pee Bee Yaw hates women , owing to the beating she received , and no risk must be run of her meeting a woman and deserting her post in anger . The hill Karen always stores his paddy far away from his house ...
... land near his house . Pee Bee Yaw hates women , owing to the beating she received , and no risk must be run of her meeting a woman and deserting her post in anger . The hill Karen always stores his paddy far away from his house ...
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Pagina 24 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
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Pagina 18 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Pagina 12 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst) — THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 27 - Sister Augustine, Superior of the Sisters of Charity at the St. Johannis Hospital at Bonn. Authorised Translation by HANS THARAU, from the German "Memorials of AMALIE VON LASAULX.