HAZARA SEPOY AND HIS SON
The Hazaras are a fine Mongolian race of the little-known northern hills
of Afghanistan
MARKET WOMAN WITH HER BASKET YOKE
Save for perhaps a few male cooks to Europeans, the market at Hué
is managed by women. With light-footed ease they swing about with
balanced baskets
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CHIEF ABBOT OF SIAM
In consideration of the fact that they have passed the nine grades of
proficiency, Siamese abbots are called Maha, or great. This particular
dignitary is, besides, a king's uncle
NEPALESE MOTHER AND CHILD
At the present day, women of Nepal enjoy comparative freedom, and their
shapely heads and well-cut features are now seldom seen completely veiled
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