Afoot and afloat in Burma . orour good Bible is to be had in many of thesestrange languages,— and I told the boy thatI wanted him to correct my reading, and talkwith me about the story I was going to readto him. In this way the two or three hourswe had together passed pleasantly andquickly, and of course he was much inter-ested in what I read to him. It is quite common in some Eastern coun-tries for religious teachers to have one ormore disciples living and traveling withthem, and this boy wanted to be my had to tell him that I was sorry that thiscould not be arranged, as I was in h
Afoot and afloat in Burma . orour good Bible is to be had in many of thesestrange languages,— and I told the boy thatI wanted him to correct my reading, and talkwith me about the story I was going to readto him. In this way the two or three hourswe had together passed pleasantly andquickly, and of course he was much inter-ested in what I read to him. It is quite common in some Eastern coun-tries for religious teachers to have one ormore disciples living and traveling withthem, and this boy wanted to be my had to tell him that I was sorry that thiscould not be arranged, as I was in his coun-try only for a very short visit, and wouldsoon be returning to the foreign country,which is a name by which Burmans oftenrefer to India. I am hoping to meet himagain some day. In our traveling round the country wemeet different friends, and learn from them In the Monasteries 111 something of the way in which they live;and in return, we try to impart to all someknowledge of the way of life, wherein isperfect Bowing Down to a Monk
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