CHAPTER XI. BUDDHISM IN BURMA 107 CHAPTER XII. BURMESE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND USAGES 121 CHAPTER XIII. THE BURMANS 135 CHAPTER XIV. BURMESE HOME LIFE 148 CHAPTER XV. A TRUE IDEAL MISSIONARY AND A FALSE MISSIONARY IDEAL 166 CHAPTER XVI. OUR EARLY EXPERIENCES IN THE BURMA MISSION 187 CHAPTER XVII. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS 203 CHAPTER XVIII. SEEKING THE LOST 224 CHAPTER XIX. A JUNGLE JOURNEY 238 CHAPTER XX. THE HOME FOR LEPERS AT MANDALAY 251 LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE SACRED BUILDINGS OF THE BUDDHISTS _Frontispiece_ A VILLAGE ON THE IRRAWADDY 11 ENTRANCE TO A BURMESE PAGODA 13 ONE OF THE GATEWAYS OF THE ROYAL CITY OF MANDALAY 23 PART OF THE PALACE OF MANDALAY (SOUTH SIDE) 29 “THE SHANS ARE DISTINGUISHABLE BY THEIR DARK, BAGGY TROUSERS, AND THE VERY LARGE PLIABLE STRAW SUN-HATS THEY WEAR” 35 DACOITS IN PRISON WITH INDIAN SEPOY GUARD 45 THE GOLDEN PAGODA AT MANDALAY 61 BURMESE WOMAN ON HER WAY TO THE WELL TO DRAW WATER 73 BURMESE CHILDREN 93 TATTOOING OF THE FACES OF CHIN WOMEN 105 “IMAGES OF BUDDHA ARE EXTENSIVELY USED” 109 “IN THE MORNING THE MONKS INVARIABLY GO FORTH, CARRYING THE ALMS-BOWLS, TO COLLECT THEIR DAILY FOOD FROM THE PEOPLE” 117 BURMESE PEOPLE AT THEIR WORSHIP 125 GREAT BELL AT THE MENGOHN PAGODA 133 SPECIMEN OF BURMESE TYPE 137 A BUDDHIST MONASTERY 141 “EVERY BURMAN YOUTH, AS HE GROWS UP, IS TATTOOED FROM THE WAIST TO THE KNEES” 149 BURMESE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 153 SPECIMEN OF THE CARVINGS SEEN AT THE MONASTERY BUILDINGS 159 THE PREACHERS OF THE MISSION 171