[195] I need not mention this sportsman’s name. It was neither Andrew Thomson nor Jem Bernard. [196] Messengers. [197] Store-room. [198] Valet. [199] Table-servant. [200] The late Mr. D. M. Smeaton, C.S.I., for some years M.P. for Stirlingshire. [201] Hidden by the curtain. [202] Panthays are Chinese Mohammedans of Yunnan. [203] Mr. H. F. Hertz, C.I.E. [204] _Cf._ “The Pacification of Burma,” p. 239 _et seq._ [205] Brigadier-General Hugh O’Donnell, C.B., D.S.O. [206] A curious sight often to be seen outside of Bhamo was a drove of pigs brought from China, each pig at night picketed to a small peg. Hard by baskets of walnuts deluded the stranger into the belief that the pigs, like pack-bullocks, were made to carry the baskets. [207] The station of that name on the Myitkyina line used perversely to be called by railway engineers “One-two.” [208] Mr. Fielding-Hall, the accomplished author of “The Soul of a People.” [209] Sir Frank Campbell Gates, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Financial Commissioner of Burma. [210] Now a Judge of the Chief Court. [211] “The Pacification of Burma.” [212] It remained for the ingenuity of the Courts in later years to discover that in the eye of the law the headman was not a respectable inhabitant. [213] Lieutenant-Colonel D. J. C. Macnabb, C.S.I., Commissioner of the Minbu division. [214] Colonel F. M. Rundall, C.B., D.S.O. [215] Lieutenant-Colonel F. S. Le Quesne, V.C., R.A.M.C. [216] Mr. E. S. Carr, now Conservator of Forests. [217] Afterwards Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. [218] Lord MacDonnell of Swinford, P.C., G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O. [219] Sir Edward Stedman, already often mentioned. [220] Mr. A. H. Hildebrand, C.I.E. [221] Sir J. George Scott, K.C.I.E. [222] “The Pacification of Burma.” [223] A full account of the Shans is to be found in Mrs. Leslie Milne’s charming book, “The Shans at Home.” [224] _Myelat_ = middle country--the name given to the small Western States bordering on Burma proper. [225] The Honourable Saw Maung (_Sao Mawng_), C.I.E., K.S.M., Member of the Local Legislative Council. [226] See note, p. 138. [227] Mounted military police. [228] Sun helmet. [229] Sir G. W. Shaw, C.S.I., acting Lieutenant-Governor of Burma. [230] Nursery of seedlings. [231] Mr. E. C. S. George, C.I.E., I.C.S. (retired), whom ill-health alone prevented from attaining the highest distinction. [232] See p. 250. [233] General the Right Honourable Sir Henry Brackenbury, P.C., G.C.B., K.C.S.I., R.A. [234] Sir William John Cuningham, K.C.S.I. [235] Now Major-General Sir Hamilton Bower, K.C.B., recently commanding the Abor Expedition. [236] Arrangements. [237] Surgeon-General O. E. P. Lloyd, V.C., R.A.M.C. [238] See p. 76. [239] Early breakfast. [240] In recent years much of the country east of the ’Nmaikha has been taken under administration. Forts have been built and roads made far north of ’Nsentaru. [241] See p. 305. [242] _Kazins._ [243] Maung Aung Zan, K.S.M., District Judge. See p. 25.