- Author:
- Trench Gascoigne, Gwendolen Galton
- Publication Info:
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London:
A.D. Innes and Co,
1896,
pg 44
Text on page 44
44 AMONG PAGODAS AND FAIR LADIES.
A Burmese woman is generally supposed to have quite as good a head for business, if not better, than her husband, and she is extremely clever in arranging a good bargain, and will often in her husband's absence drive a harder one than he would, and conduct the sale of a whole crop of paddy with masterly capability.
a burmese beauty.
In matters pertaining to law, or with regard to property where legal documents have to be drawn up, and also in the case of taxes, the woman's name always appears as well as the man's ; but there is another reason to be assigned for this, i.e., that the Burmese have no surnames, so that the woman's name is partly introduced to avoid any mistake or confusion.In matters pertaining to law, or with regard to property where legal documents have to be drawn up, and also in the case of taxes, the woman's name always appears as well as the man's ; but there is another reason to be assigned for this, i.e., that the Burmese have no surnames, so that the woman's name is partly introduced to avoid any mistake or confusion.
