Afoot and afloat in Burma . at deal ofnoise. Aung Baws crude plowing easily breaksthe soft earth, but does not go very is a good thing that he is barefooted, orhe would have a hard task cleaning the mudoff after the days work is over. A littlewater will soon wash his feet and legs cleanwhen he gets home in the evening. After he has finished his plowing, AungBaw levels the ground again by hitchingsome sort of rough wooden roller to the oxen,which drag it up and down the fields. Thisis very necessary, as the rain must be keptfrom draining away, for rice grows bestwhen standing in water.
Afoot and afloat in Burma . at deal ofnoise. Aung Baws crude plowing easily breaksthe soft earth, but does not go very is a good thing that he is barefooted, orhe would have a hard task cleaning the mudoff after the days work is over. A littlewater will soon wash his feet and legs cleanwhen he gets home in the evening. After he has finished his plowing, AungBaw levels the ground again by hitchingsome sort of rough wooden roller to the oxen,which drag it up and down the fields. Thisis very necessary, as the rain must be keptfrom draining away, for rice grows bestwhen standing in water. Where the land is especially low lying,and is flooded several feet deep during therains, the rice is transplanted late in theseason, after the water has begun to go in most places the work is done whilethe rains are still falling, the extra water 20 Afoot and Afloat Through Burma being drained away by little ditches dugfor that purpose. It will yet be some days before AungBaw will put in his rice plants. He is very. A Karen Village fortunate in that his field is quite near hishouse. Many of these village people farmland miles from their homes; so during therice season they build a rough shanty nearthe field, where the men and boys can staytill the plowing and planting are after that the boys will take turnsin staying there till the crop is ready to Where Aung Baw Lives 21 harvest, w^hen all must again busy themselvesin gathering in the grain. Aung Baws house is in a small villagecalled Kaw-ma-ra, which means in frontof the hill. Over there about a mile away,you can see the hill rising abruptly from thefields. Look carefully, and you will see apagoda upon the top. One wonders how themen ever carried up the materials to buildit; but there it is, just like thousands of othersin Burma. It reminds us of the Bible pas-sage about the heathen places of worshipbeing on every high hill and under everygreen tree. There are many little villages like Kaw-ma-ra scat
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