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30 THE- T.11N11 OF THE X'HlTE I&RPHRAE'T ahut thirty coolics, tnen ~L~I
PAW AW- OLD GAPITAM 31 PAGUAN AND TME 0I;D CAPITALS 'WHAT is gcncrally know-n by the term Burma comprises two rlistinct regions : British or Lower Burma, which is under English rule, and Uppcr Burma, or more properly Ava, nuder the dominion of a native s~vereign. British Rurrna enlbrazev the thrcc divisions of hkan, on the eastern shores of thc Bay of Bengal ; Pep, bordering on the Gulf of Martaban, on the south ; and the lorig and narrow strip of country styled Tenasscrim, which extends to the Isthmus of ICraw on the Malay peni~lsula. These divisions of tllc country are some of the rt3sullts of two wars which the EqIisll Pmvcrnmcnt have wager1 with Burma. The first, in 1834, caused by some insults offered to the British flag by thc Viceroy of Bangoon, was settled two y m later by ceding to thc crown of England the provinces of Arakml and Tenassrim; the other, mnclndcd in 1853, and brought about by ilative outrages towards Europearl merchants and aggressions up611 British territoy, resulted in the annex~tion of the ricll
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THE LAND OF THE W'TE ELEPHANT
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BUKMA. SIAM. CAMBODIA. AND COCHIN-C
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CONTENTS Introduction to the 1988 e
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Between 1873 and 1H95 Vincent publi
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chapter to the outward voyage; and
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Page 15: THE LAND WHITE ELEPHANT A PERSONA14
Page 18 and 19: PREFACE JTr~~rl rs the pat- five ye
Page 20 and 21: CONTENTS BURMA RANGOON Stramer 'Ori
Page 22 and 23: BHAYO AH0 IUE OLD TRADE ROUTE Ia~in
Page 24 and 25: I'h~a K i ; or, Tcmple of thp- Fmcd
Page 26 and 27: Me-hw thr BOnndnry of Siam and Camb
Page 28 and 29: LIST OF ILLTiSTItdTIONS FULL-PAGE E
Page 30 and 31: sls 5. Elrphmt cmployd in e Timh-PI
Page 32 and 33: iver, in north-eastern Burma. The r
Page 34 and 35: in the ri\-er madc a v e considerab
Page 36 and 37: aiid Inortar, ptwwics ktweca lorlg
Page 38 and 39: the standing ones RANGOON 7 much aa
Page 40 and 41: IICL~I~I ai t11e ~~io~~ui~i(?~~t of
Page 42 and 43: BURMKSE MASHEM .X%D CL-STOMS IT is
Page 44 and 45: one 1q ; but this exhibition, bcing
Page 46 and 47: tlic ~)oIicy of a c~rt;~in quccn, w
Page 48 and 49: BURMESF: htQNN?3RS AND CUSTOm 17 pr
Page 50 and 51: Tbc rernacuIar toncue of tllc Busmc
Page 52 and 53: OWIKG t~, the shallow water we coul
Page 54 and 55: UI' TTE IRRi4\V-4DDH 23 Rhmlo, a tl
Page 57 and 58: sened t-t number of small ~~icl~es
Page 59 and 60: oats and rafts are often homes of l
Page 61: pagodas a1n1 tc~~iples, t.llick gro
Page 65 and 66: P,4GIt%N Ah?) TIIE OL1) CAPITAIS 33
Page 67 and 68: Ianecs, including the ground plan o
Page 69 and 70: PAGIFAK ANX) THE OLD CAMTALS 37 Ava
Page 72 and 73: a Europcau, who bears the proud tit
Page 75 and 76: Hill,' covered wid1 monasteries anc
Page 77 and 78: from the sun by a bmd-brimmed and p
Page 80 and 81: an immense dah, an i~lvtrumcnt shap
Page 82 and 83: solriie; who had bcen out. a-t targ
Page 84 and 85: the Government 06&dsy with all of w
Page 86 and 87: Pantheon, and here he took the degr
Page 88 and 89: peculiar style of damtion ; thua th
Page 90 and 91: AUDIENCE WITR 'ITHE KING OF AVA 55
Page 92 and 93: AUUUNCE WITH THE KIKG OF AF'n 57 us
Page 94 and 95: have a better chance,' was returned
Page 96 and 97: AUDIENCE WITIT THE KING OF AVA 61 s
Page 98 and 99: ministers receive no salary at all
Page 100 and 101: !WIE WHITE ELEPHANT ELAVIXQ put on
Page 102 and 103: part of his kingdome than not. to c
Page 104 and 105: migrating THE ~ ~ EI,EI'H,K~NT r n
Page 106 and 107: selves. Instearl of steeping the le
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Page 110 and 111: l3FL;IHO AND TiTE OLD TRADE ROIJTE
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Government is acknors-ledger1 as ac
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DIIAMO AXD THE OLD n4DE ROUTE 79 th
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BTIA!HO -=D THE OLD TRBDE ROUTE 81
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BHABX~ AND THE OLD T-IUE. ROUTE 83
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I'KOIU ;HAI!LYAIX AX n J'ESA ?;ti 5
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elephant gcmd. It ustially rcquims
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-J;~~EA JO ~ULET R jpq nnyt? ny p39
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mould remain thirty hours, thus giv
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' John,' ' Spose no hab got eyes, h
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cool watcr to Pcnamg, far away ofT
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cating it the rind is broken with t
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THE town of AhIa~~a, foutlderl in t
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which tire low, cnrvecl with Chinex
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aud n miding-room, wliem DUC will i
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distribution the staple products of
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for its immensc cupola it \\-onlrl
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the roofs welu: onlnmcntml with lit
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way about. twenty feet apart, and a
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111311. kmc shrubs4 specits of box
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c- XI. AT Sipore I parted from my E
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mst was the first land of Sim-the c
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HIS JI?rJESTT T111: RlSf; OF F2AU
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distance back from the river. ' FaI
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principal ca~d~. The situation of B
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124 TTlE LAND OF TIM WXlTE EI;ETIIA
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136 THE LAXD OF TRE WEUTE ELEPHANT
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front, both Grting cross-lezgecl, a
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otle sick :ifid :I Ic;trlcn mottkcy
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with its widesprcacling branchcs of
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etains. Mr. Chn~~riler's L~mily con
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approxiinates more in apppamnce and
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At three o'clock wc arrival at Pech
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-from Pennsylvania, US.--has lived
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t-he one, t.11e ' Keccpt-ion of the
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144 TIE LAND OF THE WIIITE ELEPWT g
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146 TITE I.hND OF !CHI3 ELEPHANT pt
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Consul, lbuo~ -, a diort gcutlcrlla
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English literatme, and possesses al
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nrclcrs \~l~ich ITP m:ln. heart1 mc
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fish, vegetables, fruit, cakes, kc.
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156 TIIE J.:\\sn (W TTlE l%'IILTR R
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158 TIIF: L_=D OF TIIK IIITE ELEPHA
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CK4M'E-R. XIV. A DAY IS THE l'A[.A(
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cmamt.ion from tile Deity, must nec
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hut I did not learn that his dignit
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as might et~hancc to the utmost ima
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journey to Angkor and the return to
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also pro@ to eke out our preperved,
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accompany him, are Americans, three
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But I am anticipating, for we are o
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176 THE LAND OF TnE \VHITE ELEI'IIA
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178 THE Ml) OF TIIE WHITE ELEPTTANT
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180 THE LWD OF THE WmTE ELEPTIAXT e
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cart at the front end, where sits t
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ward. We saw the priliricg~ss and w
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166 THE IAKD OF THE WIIITE FLEP1I;l
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the tracks of elephant-s and panthe
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190 THE LANll OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT
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Watchrncn are appointed, e~rh 'boy'
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or American set-tles might do well
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196 THE LAND OF THE WIIITE ELEl'ILA
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prt to our attendants, who, it is a
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onc or two plms quite large trees h
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Siamese (though wrved in European s
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204 mil3 IANL) OF TEE WHWE ELEPUT a
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the lorct~ part- of the lehw u~cl h
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t.he remainder-2 15 miIe6-was perfo
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in this distant pal$- of Siim-think
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imagh~tion somewhat in forming a pr
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hken from IIi utlon m;rtholo~-fmm t
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2x6 THE I..lXD OF TFU RWE ELEPTK-=T
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215 THE LIND OF TIIE ?THITE ELEPHAN
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headed gals, the Indian Vishnu, god
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every dilwtion, triumphs in all, an
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such people among the surrounding n
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is huartl. Christovnl tie Jaquc, a
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&her in YO neat R manner that no tm
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MI-. tht: h~:~cric:;~i~ Coosud r~is
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for eximplr:, if liken~wl to tllc I
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nativc noblcmen io anoint their lip
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with covers upon them, which latter
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TElE BUIRS OF AKGKOR-THE CITY A?m I
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curls of most Budhas. Onc of the fa
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at lmst to hare completed, the b~ii
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The old ciq besides, s has aldy men
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I~L'TKS OF AS~KOR-TIFE crry asn i.:
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What is this,' j~~stly d s finep ('
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the path ; and rrcxt. we pass a s~n
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ecourse to pxntomime on tllis jonrn
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THE DAY was psed in busy preparatio
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ecognised many which had been taken
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oom with two small winciolvs, about
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are not very luxurious feeders, a l
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storms arc sometimes experienced, b
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the equally intclligiblc blowin3 of
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above the water, must have containe
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TIIE general appearance of the ~ lo
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Lilutlirlg 1w.w the bai~ac-ks, I wc
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their manukture of silk. The popula
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He was an old gentleman, well prewm
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then in proms of construction in fr
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The dining-room coutaind Mack walnu
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QCEEX OF C.4IIBODlA ASD ROYAL CHILI
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284 TIIE 1.ANL) OF TIIE WILlTE RLE;
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286 TilR LAND OF TlJE WHITE E1;EPHA
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y a Frcnch officer, but be having h
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liouscs, small temples, and tombs.
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~mintcd scene at one end, though it
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isoned and covered with Ids, amblin
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298 THE L:Nn OF TILE WIIITE EJ,EPIL
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P.hYGMPIX TO SAICOS WE Illad fiiirl
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of the Makong, and also upon a smal
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crotvded with hnts of every rfecrip
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towed all day through a narrow cree
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few iditmy storehouses, and then so
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lxsidcs thme, there are usually t~v
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111 oiir pnrt nf Sfii~on .- is 3 ls
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tlmugl~t gun-tmnts (for rircr ptard
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listrictu of southurn China, .uiG S
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the shore. The Saigon river remaill
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THE LAND OF THE MTHITE ELEPHANT TRA
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SUPPLEMENT THA' LAVD OF THB WHITB E
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ch=, cock - fig11 t-ing, bxing n re
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overharing. In tlicse cases a husba
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the aspect of tlie angust Qneen of
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mo~~arch rrlm is 'X:rster of T,iEc
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philtres. As fatalists they rival t
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with bxnlbooi, palms, and tamarinds
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discovered, but always in combinati
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tllcir char-. The parer and si~blim
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oanded by dl tlic splendol~r of ido
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alvt-isire I):ittlt! for tllc dotni
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Foreign Missions, seconded by the c
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have come and gone, haw converted -
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I~onsc. In 1%;-7,583 ships, with a
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eve^ male inhabitant fmm tllc agc o
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ever,comr? of aLw until 1373. lfeii
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To indemnify thc slave-110ltIers fo
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goda. It is studded with immense di
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fi$ns, Engliliehmcn, Germans, and F
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and reigned wit-h skill many years.
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tcctl~ral mmains nhid~ are fo~ind n
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similar to i110sc upon Sagkon TSTat
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fwt to 1)c dL;li~~e:it(l [!c~~iId h
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wanls Eudl~iste, as prob~1)ly w-ere
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fri;~~ t111: X:i1i1~ or Chinex tonp
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pulrlishcd s few nlontl~s since at
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mtly from the jungle - fowl of the
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fend;ll a~~bjct~tioa to tl~c Etnpcr
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This ardnons daily st-mslle htacen
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A. INDEX I Admiral and Mm Re>-nolds
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Cmr-rop~ 111. Lblossal Rudha: 113.
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31~1nawltP crstl~mc, a. 3si#, 2.5 1
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Epulations on the origin of Nagkon
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(1857-85). The British always rcfcr
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CHAPTER I1 Page 12, line 16. Engie.
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CHAPTEK 1V Pagc 31, lines 2 and 3.
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Page 46, line 19. Hlot-ahw. Hlutdaw
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ited by the Shans, a Thai people cl
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Page 87, line 18. Junk Ceylon. Phuk
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Page IM, line 9. St. Paul. A church
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Page 110, line 17. Dr. Little. Dr.
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forms its western side. Wat Cfrorn
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Pagc 144, line 9. Xiengmai. Chiangm
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thc minister for war. who was also
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Page 182, line 15. Chantakun. 60 kr
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von Peking zur Mongolfichen Grenze
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Dau Mot, to the northwest of Ho Chi
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Page 229. line 24. Nagn. The mythic
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pigment and medicinally as a purgat
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Supplement: "The Land of the White
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100 carry or about 133 M 1 bs. (Mal
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(see note on page 363, line 30, bel
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