Burma . SEASOJVS AND CLIMATE. 176. VILLAGE ENVIRONS IN THE FLOODS. feet. The Sal-ween, above therapids, with a widthof a quarter of amile, rises fifty high level ismaintained, withfluctuations, tillSeptember. Thewater in the mainchannels is turbidand heavy withyellow silt, but itclears itself in the grass-grown Kwin. Many a cart-track of the dry weatherbecomes a creek passable by deep-laden boats. The whole aspect of the countryand mode of life are changed ; the villages of the Delta are accessible bywater, and many stand in water. At this season the heavy traffic of thecountry procee
Burma . SEASOJVS AND CLIMATE. 176. VILLAGE ENVIRONS IN THE FLOODS. feet. The Sal-ween, above therapids, with a widthof a quarter of amile, rises fifty high level ismaintained, withfluctuations, tillSeptember. Thewater in the mainchannels is turbidand heavy withyellow silt, but itclears itself in the grass-grown Kwin. Many a cart-track of the dry weatherbecomes a creek passable by deep-laden boats. The whole aspect of the countryand mode of life are changed ; the villages of the Delta are accessible bywater, and many stand in water. At this season the heavy traffic of thecountry proceeds. In some places the rise is so great and so variable thatthe people depend on their boats, and every child has a tub of its own(Nos. 159, 161). Such a village is Sanyue on the Myimmaka {Myit-ma-kd),the river that denies its tribute to the great Irawadi, and delivers the watersof the Y6ma straight to the sea (see map, and momakd, p. 115). The rise of the spring-tides above mean low-water level on the coast ofBurma is sixtee
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