Afoot and afloat in Burma . they thought it disrespectfulto sleep over me, as they must do if I hadthe lower berth. In most of the houses there is not muchin the way of furniture, for the people sitand sleep on the floor. At mealtimes they sitaround a bowl of rice, with smaller dishesof curry or some other relishes standing by,and then each helps himself to rice, perhaps Building a Bamboo House 175 with his hand, putting it into his own smalldish, and spooning the curry over it. Thefood is put into the mouth with the up in many houses is to beseen a cocoanut, which is there in
Afoot and afloat in Burma . they thought it disrespectfulto sleep over me, as they must do if I hadthe lower berth. In most of the houses there is not muchin the way of furniture, for the people sitand sleep on the floor. At mealtimes they sitaround a bowl of rice, with smaller dishesof curry or some other relishes standing by,and then each helps himself to rice, perhaps Building a Bamboo House 175 with his hand, putting it into his own smalldish, and spooning the curry over it. Thefood is put into the mouth with the up in many houses is to beseen a cocoanut, which is there in honor of acertain spirit whom a king in ancient timesonce ordered to be reverenced in this is a little shrine too, in front of whichflowers and leaves are offered. All this isnot right according to Buddhist teachings;but it is just one of the customs which showus that the people are not really Buddhistsat all, but animists, or worshipers of spiritswhich are supposed to live in trees and ani-mals and other J c^ CANVASSING ON THE RIVERLAUNCHES River Steamers — Getting Subscriptions — GovernmentDredges — Various Ways of Cooking Rice We are to go out canvassing this at the jetty the launches are readyto start out to their various upstream are the larger steamersthat make the journey to Mandalay, a weekstrip; and then from that point onward stillother boats continue the service, going farup into the interior of Burma, along theChindwin River or on the upper reaches ofthe Irrawaddy. Three large boats carry hundreds of pas-sengers, besides much cargo. Some of themare like floating markets; for when theystop at the various towns along the river, agreat deal of trading is carried on betweenthe villagers and the passengers. This morn-ing we are to travel by one of the smallerlaunches, which make shorter day trips tonear-by towns. 178 Afoot and Afloat Through Burma We have brought a supply of food anddrinking water with us, also o
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