Burma . d that a large shareof the happiness of each individual is derived from the consciousness of thewell-being of other individuals. (Herbert Spencer, Principles of Ethics, Vol. I.,p. 297.) Commencing by hiring the cheap Indian labour to reap his corn, thento plough and till his fields, the while emulating his neighbours in superfluousworks, the Burman is apt to end by becoming the debtor of his servant, andmortgaging to him his lands. It seems to many that there is no escape for theBurman from the Indian flood that now menaces his country. But up to thepresent no class of Indians has atte
Burma . d that a large shareof the happiness of each individual is derived from the consciousness of thewell-being of other individuals. (Herbert Spencer, Principles of Ethics, Vol. I.,p. 297.) Commencing by hiring the cheap Indian labour to reap his corn, thento plough and till his fields, the while emulating his neighbours in superfluousworks, the Burman is apt to end by becoming the debtor of his servant, andmortgaging to him his lands. It seems to many that there is no escape for theBurman from the Indian flood that now menaces his country. But up to thepresent no class of Indians has attempted to deal with land subject to thevicissitudes of the Burmanriverain soil. It is unlikelythat people of less versa-tility and resource will esta-blish themselves there. In1879, when the vagaries ofthe Irawadi had submergedthe cultivation on the Pan-hlaing creek some twelvefeet, and the eaves of thehouses were under water,the cattle were saved inhasty platforms made in see. foreshore at the
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