The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... asked the Prime Minister whether , seeing that crime in Burma had increased during the past 25 years with the growing con- sumption of opium , that tho report just issued shows how far opium was a predisposing cause of the crimes com ...
... asked the Prime Minister whether , seeing that crime in Burma had increased during the past 25 years with the growing con- sumption of opium , that tho report just issued shows how far opium was a predisposing cause of the crimes com ...
Pagina 41
... asked to get the men to enlist for Thongwa and Hanthawaddy . Just see how I am treated ! My Sniders , which the Karens have proudly carried all over the Hantha- waddy and the Tharawaddy districts , are taken away , and wretched muzzle ...
... asked to get the men to enlist for Thongwa and Hanthawaddy . Just see how I am treated ! My Sniders , which the Karens have proudly carried all over the Hantha- waddy and the Tharawaddy districts , are taken away , and wretched muzzle ...
Pagina 59
... asked to act as we did with the Mayan- khyoung . We can't do it , for we are not a hundredth part as well prepared for it now as we were then . " Bunker has written to the authorities that the Bghais alone are four hundred guns short of ...
... asked to act as we did with the Mayan- khyoung . We can't do it , for we are not a hundredth part as well prepared for it now as we were then . " Bunker has written to the authorities that the Bghais alone are four hundred guns short of ...
Pagina 80
... During the feast , the bridegroom presents a cup of spirits to the bride , asking , ' Is it agreeable . ' This she takes , replying , ' It is agree- able . ' She and her companions remain all night 80 THE LOYAL KARENS OF BURMA .
... During the feast , the bridegroom presents a cup of spirits to the bride , asking , ' Is it agreeable . ' This she takes , replying , ' It is agree- able . ' She and her companions remain all night 80 THE LOYAL KARENS OF BURMA .
Pagina 81
... asked till a favourable answer is received . The feast in the bride's house completes the whole ceremony . " Polygamy is not permitted , but is occasionally practised by those of the Karens who are brought much in contact with the ...
... asked till a favourable answer is received . The feast in the bride's house completes the whole ceremony . " Polygamy is not permitted , but is occasionally practised by those of the Karens who are brought much in contact with the ...
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