Harry Redgen's experience in Burma 1914-1916, item 154

• December 9, 2016 03:29:49 Sue Bryant

  Thrown in after it, but he managed to
  

  get away & he never went to see the
  

  turtles again as long as he was in
  

  Mandalay. When you are about to leave
  

  this place it is really hard work to get
  

  out as the natives simply Bombard you
  

  asking for backscheesh & some will even
  

  go as far to take it out of your hand.
  

  If you are not careful. After leaving here
  

  we next went to see the great Bazaar
  

  this is something after the style of our
  

  English covered market & is supposed to
  

  be the largest in the world & if you wish
  

  to go the length of it & see every stall
  

  it is impossible to do it under a full day
  

  here it is possible to buy anything from a
  

  bag of flees to an Elephant & it is
  

  very interesting to see the Native way
  

  of Bargaining. They all know what an
  

  artical is worth still they will ask
  

  most rediculas prices & then argue &
  

  argue untill they get to the proper price
  

  The natives here have been known to
  

  ...baksheesh

• December 7, 2016 14:48:56 Jake Warren

  Thrown in after it, but he managed to
  

  get away & he never went to see the
  

  turtles again as long as he was in
  

  Mandalay. When you are about to leave
  

  this place it is really hard work to get
  

  out as the natives simply Bombard you
  

  asking for Backseheesh & some will even
  

  go as far to take it out of your hand.
  

  If you are not careful. After leaving here
  

  we next went to see the great Bassar
  

  this is something after the style of our
  

  English covered market & is supposed to
  

  be the largest in the world & if you want
  

  to go the length of it & see every stall
  

  it is impossible to do it under a full day
  

  here it is possible to buy anything from a
  

  bag of Flees to an Elephant & it is
  

  very interesting to see the Native way
  

  of Bargaining. They all know what an
  

  artical is worth still they will ask
  

  most rediculas prices & then argue &
  

  argue untill they get to the proper price
  

  The natives here have been known to
  

  
  

  
  

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