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"I have seen quite a few
Huttees of Burmese design,
Instead each with shutters,
Arches on the roofs, gilded.
Shal cone shaped jalousies,
With lattice and bamboo,
Still are found here as well
as ancient mortared
Walls of brick. Coco-palms
are a common shade tree
about Burma houses but
are not used by the English
as an ornament. There
is a mission for the
Katchins, an American Baptist
Mission, by Rev. Ingram.
The Katchin boys play
soccer football every
evening on a green opposite
the Mission School which
has some children of foreigners.