Afoot and afloat in Burma . ^ m a ^ ^ Full-Page Illustrations Posing for the Camera 2 Up the Beautiful Salwin River 6 Burmese River Craft 8 Water Buffaloes and a Native Plow 14 A Burmese Footbridge 26 Betel-Nut Chewing 32 Planting Rice 40 A Land of Elephants, Palms, and Pagodas 56 Making Rope from Cocoanut Fiber 62 Elephant Moving Saw Logs 66 Log Raft on the Salwin River 74 A Native Sawmill 82 Burmese Natives at Home 88 Bluffs Along the Salwin River 92 Monks with Their Begging Bowls 100 Burmese Festivity 112 By Bullock Cart in Burma 122 Launch and Landing Place, Kamamaung Mission . 130 Chapel,
Afoot and afloat in Burma . ^ m a ^ ^ Full-Page Illustrations Posing for the Camera 2 Up the Beautiful Salwin River 6 Burmese River Craft 8 Water Buffaloes and a Native Plow 14 A Burmese Footbridge 26 Betel-Nut Chewing 32 Planting Rice 40 A Land of Elephants, Palms, and Pagodas 56 Making Rope from Cocoanut Fiber 62 Elephant Moving Saw Logs 66 Log Raft on the Salwin River 74 A Native Sawmill 82 Burmese Natives at Home 88 Bluffs Along the Salwin River 92 Monks with Their Begging Bowls 100 Burmese Festivity 112 By Bullock Cart in Burma 122 Launch and Landing Place, Kamamaung Mission . 130 Chapel, Kamamaung Mission 138 Hulling Rice at Kamamaung Mission 144 His First Day in School 148 Ready for the Meeting 156 Superstitious Burmese 162 Burmese House Thatched with Leaves 166 River Launches on the Salwin 176 Cover of Our Burmese Paper 182 Market Day in Burma 188 Karen Woman Wearing Brass Ornaments 194 A Common Sight in Burma 202 Burmese Racing Boats 208 Map of Burma 214 Missionaries Home, Kamamaung Mission 220. Ahuja, Rangoon Burmese River Craft These boats vary in size from a small canoe to a large boat intended for carrying rice to the mills. (See page 124) AN INTRODUCTION TO BURMA Just across the Bay of Bengal in India,its next-door neighbor, is Burma. It is verydifferent from India, not only as to thegeneral appearance of the country itself, butalso as regards the people, their manner ofliving, and the language spoken. That thisshould be so is really not hard to under-stand. Though joined by land to India in thenorth, Burma is separated from that countryby mountain ranges which are difficult tocross. This has left the country shut in andisolated from earliest times. • The pages ofIndian history are scarred by the records ofAlexander the Great and other invaders, andthe country and people have been influencedgreatly by these various conquerors, yetBurma has been sheltered. In later times these same protectingmountains have stood in the way of morepeaceful invaders, so
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