CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY [1]
CHAPTER II.
THE JOURNEY TO MANDALAY [9]
CHAPTER III.
MANDALAY IN 1887 [20]
CHAPTER IV.
THE PEOPLE OF MANDALAY [33]
CHAPTER V.
THE PACIFICATION OF UPPER BURMA [42]
CHAPTER VI.
BRITISH INFLUENCE IN THE SHAN STATES [54]
CHAPTER VII.
FIVE YEARS OF BRITISH RULE [64]
CHAPTER VIII.
INTOXICANTS IN BURMA—THE LIQUOR QUESTION [75]
CHAPTER IX.
INTOXICANTS IN BURMA—THE OPIUM QUESTION [80]
CHAPTER X.
THE FRONTIER MOUNTAIN RACES OF BURMA [91]
CHAPTER XI.
BUDDHISM IN BURMA [107]
CHAPTER XII.
BURMESE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND USAGES [121]
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BURMANS [135]
CHAPTER XIV.
BURMESE HOME LIFE [148]
CHAPTER XV.
A TRUE IDEAL MISSIONARY AND A FALSE MISSIONARY IDEAL [166]
CHAPTER XVI.
OUR EARLY EXPERIENCES IN THE BURMA MISSION [187]
CHAPTER XVII.
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS [203]
CHAPTER XVIII.
SEEKING THE LOST [224]
CHAPTER XIX.
A JUNGLE JOURNEY [238]
CHAPTER XX.
THE HOME FOR LEPERS AT MANDALAY [251]

LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS.

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SACRED BUILDINGS OF THE BUDDHISTS[Frontispiece]
A VILLAGE ON THE IRRAWADDY[11]
ENTRANCE TO A BURMESE PAGODA[13]
ONE OF THE GATEWAYS OF THE ROYAL CITY OF MANDALAY[23]
PART OF THE PALACE OF MANDALAY (SOUTH SIDE)[29]
“THE SHANS ARE DISTINGUISHABLE BY THEIR DARK, BAGGY TROUSERS, AND THE VERY LARGE PLIABLE STRAW SUN-HATS THEY WEAR”[35]
DACOITS IN PRISON WITH INDIAN SEPOY GUARD[45]
THE GOLDEN PAGODA AT MANDALAY[61]
BURMESE WOMAN ON HER WAY TO THE WELL TO DRAW WATER[73]
BURMESE CHILDREN[93]
TATTOOING OF THE FACES OF CHIN WOMEN[105]
“IMAGES OF BUDDHA ARE EXTENSIVELY USED”[109]
“IN THE MORNING THE MONKS INVARIABLY GO FORTH, CARRYING THE ALMS-BOWLS, TO COLLECT THEIR DAILY FOOD FROM THE PEOPLE”[117]
BURMESE PEOPLE AT THEIR WORSHIP[125]
GREAT BELL AT THE MENGOHN PAGODA[133]
SPECIMEN OF BURMESE TYPE[137]
A BUDDHIST MONASTERY[141]
“EVERY BURMAN YOUTH, AS HE GROWS UP, IS TATTOOED FROM THE WAIST TO THE KNEES”[149]
BURMESE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER[153]
SPECIMEN OF THE CARVINGS SEEN AT THE MONASTERY BUILDINGS[159]
THE PREACHERS OF THE MISSION[171]
OUR FIRST HOME IN MANDALAY[189]
A DEPOSITORY FOR IMAGES OF BUDDHA[197]
GROUP OF BURMESE LADIES[201]
SCHOOL-CHAPEL AT PAKOKKU[205]
SCHOOL-CHAPEL AT MANDALAY[209]
“THERE ARE NO ZENANAS AMONG THE BURMANS”[217]
GIRLS OF THE CHIN TRIBE[247]
THE HOME FOR LEPERS, MANDALAY[259]

Transcriber’s Note: Map is clickable for a larger version.

Province of BURMA
East Indies