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Anglo-Burmese appeared army arrived asked Ba Thein bamboo Bhamó birds Bodawpaya British Buddha Buddhist buffalo Burma Burmese kings carried cheroot China Chinese colour Communists country spirit dacoits dressed English European face fish floor flowers frontier gharry girl gongs hands head headman hills Hkam hour Hsenwi hundred Indian insurgents Irrawaddy jade Japanese jeep journey jungle Kachin kind ladies Lashio longyi looked lorry Mandalay Maymyo Mergui miles Mindon Mogaung morning Moulmein Mu-Sé Myitkyina nats never night officer pagoda Palaungs pariah dog party passed passengers Pereira perhaps produced pwès Pyinmana Rangoon reached rice river road round rupees Sawbwa seemed seen Seng Shan ship Shwebo Shwedagon SHWEDAGON PAGODA Shwegu smile soldiers sometimes soon stood stopped street suddenly Taunggyi Thein Zan thing Tin Maung Tok Galé told took town trees Tun Win turned village Yamethin yards