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Identifier: indiamalaysia00thob (find matches)
Title: India and Malaysia
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Thoburn, J. M. (James Mills), 1836-1922
Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church Missions
Publisher: Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts New York, Hunt & Eaton
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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an weed.The accompanying picture will give at once a fair specimenof a good-looking Burmese woman, with her peculiar if notrepulsive habit of smoking at all times, whether in season orout of season. The huge cigar is not composed wholly oftobacco leaves. The tobacco is wrapped up in an ordinaryleaf, which resembles tobacco in appearance, but is as harm-less as so much paper. When in the mouth, however, it re-sembles an ordinary cigar so much in every respect, except-ing size, that the observer, if a stranger, would never sup-pose that it was composed of any other leaf. The Karens have long been known to the religious pub-lic in America by the remarkable story of the success of the 446 INDIA AND MALAYSIA. Baptist missions among them. Every reader of the Life andLabors of Dr. Judson ^^ will be familiar with the story of thediscovery of the remarkable people from the jungle, knownas the Karens, and of the extraordinary manner in whichtheir minds had been prepared for the reception of the
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A BURMESE WOMAN. gospel. They are found in different tribes, all resembling oneanother in certain important respects, and yet differingamong themselves like the various tribes of American In-dians. They possess many fine qualities as a people, andsince becoming Christians have advanced steadily and evenrapidly in civilization and refinement. The Baptist missions BURMA. 447 are still largely confined to them, and their work among themcontinues to make steady progress. The ultimate conversionof the whole of these peoj^le is only a question of time, andprobably of a very brief time. Farther to the north another people are found, called theShans. These, like the Karens, are in different tribes, andspeak different dialects. They also are an interesting andpromising race. The gospel has made some headway amongthem, but they have not yet been found as accessible as theKarens were. The missionaries, however, regard the workamong them as very hopeful, and find no cause whatever forserious disc

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