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Title: Burma
Peeps at Many Lands

Author: R.Talbot Kelly

Release Date: September 22, 2009 [EBook #30064]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE PAGODA STEPS, RANGOON. _Page 18._]

PEEPS AT MANY LANDS

BURMA

BY

R. TALBOT KELLY
R.I., R.B.A., F.R.G.S.
COMMANDER OF THE MEDJIDIEH

WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR
BY THE AUTHOR

LONDON

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK

1908

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE LAND 1

II. RANGOON 5

III. THE PEOPLE 13

IV. THE IRRAWADDY 21

V. THE IRRAWADDY (_continued_) 29

VI. VILLAGE LIFE 35

VII. TOWN LIFE 41

VIII. FIELD WORK 50

IX. THE FOREST 56

X. THE FOREST (_continued_) 65

XI. TEMPLES AND RELIGION 74

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

BY R. TALBOT KELLY

THE PAGODA STEPS, RANGOON _frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

"A DAINTILY-CLAD BURMESE LADY" 9

A REST-HOUSE 16

A NATIVE BOAT SAILING UPSTREAM WITH THE WIND 25

THE IRRAWADDY 3