. The science of railways . Characteristic street scene in Oran, Algeria. 236 CARRIAGE IN A trafficker from the country on his way to market in the city of Algiers PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN BURxMAH AND SIAM. In the great forests of Burmah the rhinoceros,tiger, leopard and elephant still abound. Theelephant is captured and tamed very much asthe wild horse of South America is caught anddomesticated, except that a corral instead of alasso is used. The people of Burmah are Bud-dhists with Mongolian characteristics. Tiieir coloris dark brown. Agriculturists, they are said toraise one hundred
. The science of railways . Characteristic street scene in Oran, Algeria. 236 CARRIAGE IN A trafficker from the country on his way to market in the city of Algiers PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN BURxMAH AND SIAM. In the great forests of Burmah the rhinoceros,tiger, leopard and elephant still abound. Theelephant is captured and tamed very much asthe wild horse of South America is caught anddomesticated, except that a corral instead of alasso is used. The people of Burmah are Bud-dhists with Mongolian characteristics. Tiieir coloris dark brown. Agriculturists, they are said toraise one hundred different kinds of rice. It isindigenous, as is also indigo. For draft animalsthey use the ox; for agriculture the have a small horse for riding. Formerlythe elephants were reserved exclusively for thekings use. This restriction no longer camel is unknown in Burmah, and the assrare. Until recently Burmah was an intolerabledespotism. This the British in absorbing thecountry have happily overthrown. The habitsof the people are primitive, notwithstanding thegreat age of the
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