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BURMA AND ITS PEOPLE. 
Oct., 1891 . 
The party will be conveyed back to Dudley in time for a 
meat tea at the Saracen’s Head (2s. per head), at 4 30 p.m. 
A sketch and plan, with descriptive account of the Open 
Work, Wren’s Nest, Priory, and Castle, &c., will be provided 
for all those intimating their intention of joining the 
excursion. 
Members who intend to join the excursion will greatly assist 
the committee in making adequate arrangements by at once 
intimating how many tickets they will require for themselves 
and friends not members of the Union to Mr. W. Wickham 
King, Pedmore House, Stourbridge, not later than Thursday, 
October 8th, together with the amount for the tickets, which 
will be sent on receipt of same. 
Members who cannot procure accommodation at Dudley 
can arrange to stay at Birmingham, which is within half an 
hour by train. Hotels at Dudley are the Dudley Arms and 
Old Bush. 
The Dudley and Midland Geological and Scientific Society 
and Field Club cordially invites members of Natural History 
and Scientific Societies and their friends to the Dudley 
meetings of the Union. 
BUBMA AND ITS PEOPLE. 
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BY A. W. WILLS. 
(Continued from page 199.) 
The numerous stations are crowded with Burmese in their 
bright dresses, Tamuls and Madrasees from India, Slians and 
Karens from the mountains, ubiquitous Chinamen with their 
packs. Now and then, as the train stops towards evening, a 
Mussulman native of India steps from his carriage, spreads his 
mat on the ground, and, turning to the setting sun, performs 
his vespers, heedless of the crowd. 
The Burmese impart especial vivacity to the scene, for 
their graceful dress exhibits a score of bright yet tender and 
delicate hues, and joy and laughter are as universal among 
these children of the sun as long faces are among the 
inhabitants of our sombre cities. 
At last, after 166 miles of this varied scenerv, which it 
takes twelve hours to traverse, we ran into the fine station of 
Tongoo, and in another quarter of an hour were installed in 
the hospitable bungalow over which our daughter and her 
husband rule. 
It is a house of one storey, illustrated in Plate 10, perched 
upon stout teak pillars, and approached by a double staircase, 
