The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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Pagina 21
... paddy for their own use . The disloyal have expected to supply themselves from the loot of the hated Karen villages . The vacillating have from cowardice sold off their stocks , hoping to buy from the Karens . They said they could ...
... paddy for their own use . The disloyal have expected to supply themselves from the loot of the hated Karen villages . The vacillating have from cowardice sold off their stocks , hoping to buy from the Karens . They said they could ...
Pagina 87
... paddy - growing , in which they very soon outstrip the Burmans . Their villages are always the most prosperous - looking . Those in the hills still follow the primitive and destructive methods of their forefathers . Their system ...
... paddy - growing , in which they very soon outstrip the Burmans . Their villages are always the most prosperous - looking . Those in the hills still follow the primitive and destructive methods of their forefathers . Their system ...
Pagina 89
... paddy , and the head of the family , accompanied by his wife , goes down to the plain , and sells his betel , fowls , wild honey , beeswax , and wild cardamoms , and thus obtains money for clothes and taxes . In some parts - notably the ...
... paddy , and the head of the family , accompanied by his wife , goes down to the plain , and sells his betel , fowls , wild honey , beeswax , and wild cardamoms , and thus obtains money for clothes and taxes . In some parts - notably the ...
Pagina 90
... paddy was exhausted , his sister brought out the cherished piece of silver their parents had left them , and asked him to go and purchase grain with their fellow - clansmen . In a despairing mood , he said , " What 90 THE LOYAL KARENS ...
... paddy was exhausted , his sister brought out the cherished piece of silver their parents had left them , and asked him to go and purchase grain with their fellow - clansmen . In a despairing mood , he said , " What 90 THE LOYAL KARENS ...
Pagina 94
... paddy started from her fingers and toes and from every fold of her clothing , and so the field was well filled with grain . The crop prospered splendidly , and soon the bending ears , over a foot in length and filled to the very ...
... paddy started from her fingers and toes and from every fold of her clothing , and so the field was well filled with grain . The crop prospered splendidly , and soon the bending ears , over a foot in length and filled to the very ...
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