. The science of railways . s 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 i
. The science of railways . s 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, approxi-mately, two hundred and fifty thousand squaremiles, and its population about six millions. 16 Vol. II 242 CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND SI AM,. CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND 8IAM. 243
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