The nearer and farther East; outline studies of Moslem lands and of Siam, Burma, and Korea . tof the great jungle, the camp-fire throwing itsfitful light upon the boles of giant trees and thetangled labyrinth of tropical vines mid whichmonkeys curiously watched us and unseenbeasts growled their anger at our delightful of all are my memories of theunvarying kindness of the people, who, fromhis Majesty the King down through princes,commissioners, and governors to humble vil-lagers, showed a hospitable friendliness whichquite won my heart; while it would be hardto conceive a more l
The nearer and farther East; outline studies of Moslem lands and of Siam, Burma, and Korea . tof the great jungle, the camp-fire throwing itsfitful light upon the boles of giant trees and thetangled labyrinth of tropical vines mid whichmonkeys curiously watched us and unseenbeasts growled their anger at our delightful of all are my memories of theunvarying kindness of the people, who, fromhis Majesty the King down through princes,commissioners, and governors to humble vil-lagers, showed a hospitable friendliness whichquite won my heart; while it would be hardto conceive a more loving welcome than wasextended to us by the missionaries and by our 208 SIAM able and sympathetic American Minister andhis family. More profitable to us than theycould possibly have been to the workers wereour long conferences regarding the Lordswork in that far-off land. It is prospering intheir hands, and it will prosper to a far greaterdegree if the Church at home will give to themthat loving, prayerful, and generous coopera-tion which the missionaries in Siam and Laos sowell stations of A. B. M. U.: Shwegyin capitals Tribes: KARENS Kailroads A 94 Longinide B E 96 from C Gr BUEMA BY THE REV. ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN, author ofNew Forces in Old China AND The New Era in the Philippines CHAPTER VIBURMA Burma forms the northeastern part of GreatBritains vast empire in India. The politicalreadjustments of the last century have changedthe boundaries at various times, but the region Positionwhich now bears the name includes both Upperand Lower Burma and the Shan States. Theareas are: Lower Burma, 81,138 square miles;Upper Burma, 87,435; Shan States, 68,165; atotal of 236,738 square miles. In other words,Burma is larger than France, and almost as largeas Texas. The length, north and south, is about1100 miles, and the breadth at the widest pointis about 700. The physical configuration may be roughly Physicaldescribed as a series of parallel mountain ranges featuresrunning n
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