The Loyal Karens of BurmaK. Paul, Trench & Company, 1887 - 264 pagini |
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... dacoits and the Viceroy , we are having lively times . While we are greatly pleased with the Viceroy's visit , we are heartily glad viceroys don't grow on every bush , or come once a week , for we are all tired out . Of course we had ...
... dacoits and the Viceroy , we are having lively times . While we are greatly pleased with the Viceroy's visit , we are heartily glad viceroys don't grow on every bush , or come once a week , for we are all tired out . Of course we had ...
Pagina 9
... dacoits rushing down from their defeat at Papoon . Still , I had twelve hundred in . all , with school - children packed solid . " I had to laugh when I found they had prepared twenty - five cups of tea for my brigade ! I gave the tea ...
... dacoits rushing down from their defeat at Papoon . Still , I had twelve hundred in . all , with school - children packed solid . " I had to laugh when I found they had prepared twenty - five cups of tea for my brigade ! I gave the tea ...
Pagina 10
... dacoits , or rebels , the real harvest is scarcely begun . There are several fresh insurrections just ready to break out , and one false step will put the torch to all Burma . " I don't believe myself a coward or an alarmist , but I am ...
... dacoits , or rebels , the real harvest is scarcely begun . There are several fresh insurrections just ready to break out , and one false step will put the torch to all Burma . " I don't believe myself a coward or an alarmist , but I am ...
Pagina 11
... dacoits between volleys of the fire - arms . It is really curious to see how the dacoits avoid our Karen Christian villages . They have not tried it on us . The fighting my men have had has been at a distance . The dacoits have several ...
... dacoits between volleys of the fire - arms . It is really curious to see how the dacoits avoid our Karen Christian villages . They have not tried it on us . The fighting my men have had has been at a distance . The dacoits have several ...
Pagina 12
... dacoits , and hunted them many a mile , capturing four . They laughingly complained that they had twice too many men , quoting an old war- song , ' Ten to one is only fair play where the one is a Karen . ' 66 ' Though this is so still ...
... dacoits , and hunted them many a mile , capturing four . They laughingly complained that they had twice too many men , quoting an old war- song , ' Ten to one is only fair play where the one is a Karen . ' 66 ' Though this is so still ...
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