Afoot and afloat in Burma . else than a big puddle. Ofcourse, farmers in America would not thinkthis the best way to do the work; but thesoil here is very rich, and with even thisscant attention, it yields a good crop; so thepeople are satisfied. Occasionally all the breaking up theground gets is done by sending a boy out todrive the oxen or the buffaloes up and downthe field; and the cattle tramp through thesoft mud, and so break the surface in readi-ness for the rice shoots. Buffaloes are not such fierce fellows asused to roam about in America, but arequite tame, although most of them seemmu
Afoot and afloat in Burma . else than a big puddle. Ofcourse, farmers in America would not thinkthis the best way to do the work; but thesoil here is very rich, and with even thisscant attention, it yields a good crop; so thepeople are satisfied. Occasionally all the breaking up theground gets is done by sending a boy out todrive the oxen or the buffaloes up and downthe field; and the cattle tramp through thesoft mud, and so break the surface in readi-ness for the rice shoots. Buffaloes are not such fierce fellows asused to roam about in America, but arequite tame, although most of them seemmuch afraid of white people. When theyare startled they might do some harm, forthey are very heavy and strong, and havelong horns. In the villages, little boys andgirls four or five years old drive them alongor ride on their backs. 18 Afoot and Afloat Through Burma These Indian water buffaloes usuallyhave a black or dark-gray hide. They likenothing so much as lying in a pond, theirhuge bodies completely covered, and just the. Aung Baw and His Famil} tip of their noses poking up above the the hot weather they spend much of theirtime in this way; and if there is not enoughwater for them to lie in, then the next bestthing they seem to like is to roll in the they are completely covered withbrown, slimy mud, but they look perfectlycontented. Where Aung Baw Lives 19 Buffalo milk is very rich in cream, andquite a number of the cows are kept for thegood milk they give. The buffalo calves areugly little fellows, and go tumbling alongafter their mother, making a great 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 t
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