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"a jacket & a tall turban. The
material is a black serge or
cotton cloth. These women
have good features & are
neater more comely than their
Chinese sisters. They are
rather stoutly built heavy
legs & broad naked feet.
We stopped for tipping on
the river margin & I
saw many Shan men
& boys coming the street
both men & women
did appeared bathing
together in groups &
thus, I have no doubt is
daily
accustom. The Chinese
I never seen bathing both
men or women. At 4 P.M.
we reached Hsiar Hsin Kai a