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​ဆေး​လိပ် လိပ်​နေ​သော မန္တ​လေး​ ​ရွှေမြို့​တော်သူ မြန်မာအမျိုး​သမီး​ လုံမငယ်နှစ်ဦး​။

“These cheroots, or it would be more correct to call them cigarettes, are about eight inches in length: they are composed of small pieces of pith with a small admixture of tobacco-leaf, which is enclosed in a covering made of a thin fibrous white leaf. A girl’s education is not considered complete till she can make these perfectly. The Burmese of both sexes are inveterate smokers; all smoke from the youngest to the oldest, in fact one hardly ever sees a Burman without a cheroot in his mouth…”