. The science of railways . as we keep horses. The people of Siam are of 240 CARRIAGE IN BURMAU AND ISIAM,. The docility, great strength and intelligence of the elephant render itextremely useful in the handling of heavy burdens. In Burmah he has beentaught to classify and handle lumber with the intelligence of a human being. CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND SIAM. 241 mixed race, hospitable, mild, patient, submissiveand easy-going. They are, withal, musical. InIn their religion they are Buddhists, but it ismixed up with a belief in uncanny spirits, divi-nation, propitiation, trial by ordeal, magic andot
. The science of railways . as we keep horses. The people of Siam are of 240 CARRIAGE IN BURMAU AND ISIAM,. The docility, great strength and intelligence of the elephant render itextremely useful in the handling of heavy burdens. In Burmah he has beentaught to classify and handle lumber with the intelligence of a human being. CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND SIAM. 241 mixed race, hospitable, mild, patient, submissiveand easy-going. They are, withal, musical. InIn their religion they are Buddhists, but it ismixed up with a belief in uncanny spirits, divi-nation, propitiation, trial by ordeal, magic andother delusions of savage and semi-civilized peo-ple. The climate of Siam, like that of Burmah,is tropical and the products such as tropicalregions produce. In no country is primitive car-riage more picturesque or the inhabitants moreinteresting. Their olive complexions and estheticcostumes make the picture a harmonious one tothe people of the north. The area of Burmah isabout two hundred and eleven thousand squaremiles, and its population is estimated at nearlyeight millions. The area of Siam is, approx
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