The Loyal Karens of BurmaKegan Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... Karens felt prouder of those Sniders than words can tell , and the poor fellows looked like death when they stacked arms for the last time on my verandah . They were promised in writing other Sniders INTRODUCTION . 41 .
... Karens felt prouder of those Sniders than words can tell , and the poor fellows looked like death when they stacked arms for the last time on my verandah . They were promised in writing other Sniders INTRODUCTION . 41 .
Pagina 42
... looked abashed indeed . Again , I had ordered all my villages for ball- practice , lest , when I called them out , they should ' shoot like sepoys ' - a phrase that has become proverbial in Burma the past few months . This exhausted ...
... looked abashed indeed . Again , I had ordered all my villages for ball- practice , lest , when I called them out , they should ' shoot like sepoys ' - a phrase that has become proverbial in Burma the past few months . This exhausted ...
Pagina 68
... looked upon as savages . It would appear that , after crossing the river of running sand , the Karens did not march at once into Burma , but settled down on the borders of Western China , and from the colony of Jews there , in all ...
... looked upon as savages . It would appear that , after crossing the river of running sand , the Karens did not march at once into Burma , but settled down on the borders of Western China , and from the colony of Jews there , in all ...
Pagina 82
... looked upon as inflicted by the spirits , and though the Karens have some know- ledge of medicine , resort is not had to it till incan- tations have been tried and the spirits have declined to be propitious . " Warfare has , of course ...
... looked upon as inflicted by the spirits , and though the Karens have some know- ledge of medicine , resort is not had to it till incan- tations have been tried and the spirits have declined to be propitious . " Warfare has , of course ...
Pagina 100
... could not bear to have them killed . Saw Kay's mouth watered every time he looked at their fat sides , and as his entreaties to be allowed to 100 THE LOYAL KARENS OF BURMA . THEIR FOLK-LORE: ONE OF THEIR SATIRICAL TRADITIONS.
... could not bear to have them killed . Saw Kay's mouth watered every time he looked at their fat sides , and as his entreaties to be allowed to 100 THE LOYAL KARENS OF BURMA . THEIR FOLK-LORE: ONE OF THEIR SATIRICAL TRADITIONS.
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