A few days later a cow fel Jon another farm, and the postman, who fs alleged to combine with his other functions an illegal' was again gave the same Lefore, repeat farm next day. Ry an unfortunate i lat person was Mme, daughter Marie, who farm in question twice!
day for water, The cow died, Mile. Wallan, tike her mother, twas occured of being a sorceress.
Thoneeforth every: misfortune that} happened in the hamlet was attributed (0 them, Another cow died on u third farm, and then! two chicken? on a fourth, and Mme, Wallard and her daughter were eld) responsible for their deaths make worse, some! sisal mot, and, of course, all the inhabitants went to have their fortunes told. The for: ied them, one after oman called Maria, them.
Alle, Marie Walland, althouseh there; were probably other women called Marie and thers could Longer Te any doubt about the}
The road up to Tinsukia and Sadyia lies along the Assam-Bengel hill section of the railway and is one of the greatest bits of British engin= cering to be found anywhere in India. ° The country through which the railway runs) is exceedingly 1 [interesting and very picturesque, At ferent stations along: the way, be= fore Lamiding is reached, the tribal people come down from their moun tain homes and sell their simpto wares to the passengers by the different trains, As in upper Bur found a very strong resemblance between the tribes up through Manipur and those of West China. The people through this section, in. dress, manner, and language had many' points of similarity between the people in Bach-batang, Romidrang, and Choskia, In some ways Tam convinced they are the same people, and those found in Burma and Assam have undoubtedly come from the same source.
There is a geological formation i Assam, Burma, Siam, and Annan which determines the direction of rivers, and which in days gone formed the migration routes which peoples from wester: China have moved to more fertile lands, There is a "backbone" down through Assam, Burma, Siam, and Annam, known a the "orna". The general direction is north to south ud iver valleys formed, have migrated the peoples who now inhabit the plains of Assam, Burma, Siam, and Annam.
No one can even eas women of Java, Malay matter, The unfortunate 3 without seeing come from one land her daughter are. 10% ing to the correspondent by. everybody, th being made a'misery. Every door; is shut against them, and children fice at their approach. In despair they are talking of bringing an st the post: dings seem to of his official superiors.
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