Ellis Beth. An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
Introduction
Chapter I – THE VOYAGE –
Chapter II – RANGOON –
Chapter III – THE ROAD TO MANDALAY –
Chapter IV – THE JOURNEY TO THE HILLS –
Chapter V – AN UP-COUNTRY STATION –
Chapter VI – THE EUROPEAN INHABITANTS –
Chapter VII – THE BURMESE –
Chapter VIII – ENTERTAINING –
Chapter IX – ADVENTURES –
Chapter X – BEASTS AND REPTILES –
Chapter XI – SPORT –
Chapter XII. — THE RETURN. —
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"I am not naturally a coward, except when I am afraid; at other times I am as brave as a lion."
It is an unfortunate state of existence, but such it is. From my babyhood I have been known to my friends and relations as one who might be confidently expected to behave in a most terror-stricken manner on all occasions when no real danger threatened; but for myself, I have always felt convinced that should I ever be brought face to face with real danger, I should behave with a coolness and courage calculated to win the unbounded admiration of all beholders. I say advisedly "of all beholders," because, possibly, were no witnesses present, I might not feel disposed to show so resolute a front to the danger!
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We stopped at Port Said for four hours. During the first two hours I was charmed with the place; it seemed just like a big exhibition, everything was so strange and unreal. The donkeys were delightful, the Turkish traders so amusing, and shopping, when one has to bargain twenty minutes over every article, and then toss up about the price, is certainly a new experience.
During the third hour I found that the heat, dust, and endless noise and chatter were far from unreal. I had bought every conceivable thing that I could not possibly want, and paid three times the proper price for it. The Arabs ceased to be amusing; I was bored to tears.
