. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. uropeans, and people of mixed racebut with European habits travel , as a rule, go third-class,—but the rulehas many exceptions. Not to speak of well-to-do Burmans and Chinese, who, though un-objectionable in dress,—are inveterate smokers,the chetties, or money-lenders invariablytravel second-class. They are the wealthiestmen in the county, but with the exception ofcoolies,—they wear the least clothing and are themost offensive in their habits. The missionaries,whether on private or mission business, be
. Among the Burmans; a record of fifteen years of work and its fruitage. uropeans, and people of mixed racebut with European habits travel , as a rule, go third-class,—but the rulehas many exceptions. Not to speak of well-to-do Burmans and Chinese, who, though un-objectionable in dress,—are inveterate smokers,the chetties, or money-lenders invariablytravel second-class. They are the wealthiestmen in the county, but with the exception ofcoolies,—they wear the least clothing and are themost offensive in their habits. The missionaries,whether on private or mission business, beingunable to bear the expense of the higher class,and striving to save for the society which theyrepresent, travel second-class. Now that manyvery objectionable natives have taken to ridingsecond-class, it is no longer respectable for Eu-ropeans, except on rare occasions when the trainis not crowded. For my own part, I seriouslydoubt whether this habit, on the part of Ameri-can missionaries, of taking an inferior placeamong so-called Europeans, is a wise Rwv M.\Ti:i;i M. (Kachins)
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