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

[Illustration: PROVINCE OF BURMA

EAST INDIES]

FOUR YEARS IN UPPER BURMA.