An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah. Ellis Beth

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Название An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
Автор произведения Ellis Beth
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       Beth Ellis

      An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4064066236281

       Introduction.

       Chapter I. — THE VOYAGE. —

       Chapter II. — RANGOON. —

       Chapter III. — THE ROAD TO MANDALAY. —

       Chapter IV. — THE JOURNEY TO THE HILLS. —

       Chapter V. — AN UP-COUNTRY STATION. —

       Chapter VI. — THE EUROPEAN INHABITANTS. —

       Chapter VII. — THE BURMESE. —

       Chapter VIII. — ENTERTAINING. —

       Chapter IX. — ADVENTURES. —

       Chapter X. — BEASTS AND REPTILES. —

       Chapter XI. — SPORT. —

       Chapter XII. — THE RETURN. —

Chapter Page
I. The Voyage 1
II. Rangoon 28
III. The Road to Mandalay 46
IV. The Journey to the Hills 61
V. An Up-Country Station 87
VI. The European Inhabitants 103
VII. The Burmese 142
VIII. Entertaining 168
IX. Adventures 178
X. Beasts and Reptiles 192
XI. Sport 217
XII. The Return 238

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      Towards the close of my visit to Burmah I was dining one night at a friend's house in Rangoon, when my neighbour, a noted member of the I. C. S. suddenly turned to me and asked me if it was my intention to write a book. At my prompt reply in the negative he seemed astonished, and asked, what then did I intend to do with my life? I had never looked at the matter in that light before, and felt depressed. It has always been my ambition to do at Rome as the Romans do, and if, as my questioner clearly intimated, it was the custom for every casual visitor to the Land of Pagodas either to write a book or to "do something with his life," my duty seemed clear. I had no desire at all to undertake either of the tasks, but as there was apparently no third course open to me, I decided to choose the safer of the two, and write a book. So far so good, but what to write about? I have considered the merits of innumerable subjects, from the exploits of the old Greek heroes to green Carnations, but each appears to have been appropriated by some earlier author. The only subject which, so far as I can discover, has never hitherto formed the theme of song or story, is Myself, and as that is a subject about which I ought to know more than most folks and which has always appeared to me to be intensely interesting, I have adopted it as the theme of this, my first plunge into Literature.

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      "Who spoke of things beyond my knowledge and showed me many things I had never seen before."

      "For to admire, and for to see, and for to behold

       the world so wide."—(Rudyard Kipling.)

      ——

      "I am not naturally a coward, except when I am afraid; at other times I am as brave as a lion."

      It is an unfortunate state of existence, but such it is. From my babyhood I have been known to my friends and relations as one who might be confidently expected to behave in a most terror-stricken manner on all occasions when no real danger threatened;