Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (3 of 5)
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Transcription
We reached the bungalow at Pa - chiao t'ai so the Chinese call the place, the Burmese name is Montong ka haw. The bungalow is the best we have yet found at the first in Burmese territory. It was neat well furnished with chairs, table, lamps, bed - table service. The house was one story with wide windows letting the breeze turn the dining room which was also furnished with a pumba. The durwan in attendance could speak neither English or Chinese, but I suppose he knew Hindostani. He was a Shan sturdy enough. The country we came thru