Burma . pounding it to get off the bran. The mortaris of hard wood, with a hard wood pounder as heavy as the arm can wield ; orelse the pounder is mounted in a tilting-beam for foot-power-. Chafif andbran are separately winnowed out with sieves and trays (sagdw) of bamboo,and in exposed places by the help of the wind also. For wholesale husking,the native mill is composed of two strong wicker-work cylinders madesolid with clay, in which areembedded upright staves ofhard wood (Nos. 127, 184).As the mill wears down, thelayers of wood keep abovethe clay like the layers ofenamel in a herbivores to
Burma . pounding it to get off the bran. The mortaris of hard wood, with a hard wood pounder as heavy as the arm can wield ; orelse the pounder is mounted in a tilting-beam for foot-power-. Chafif andbran are separately winnowed out with sieves and trays (sagdw) of bamboo,and in exposed places by the help of the wind also. For wholesale husking,the native mill is composed of two strong wicker-work cylinders madesolid with clay, in which areembedded upright staves ofhard wood (Nos. 127, 184).As the mill wears down, thelayers of wood keep abovethe clay like the layers ofenamel in a herbivores tooth,maintaining a rough surfacefor work. In the early daysof the export trade, rice washusked for shipping in thisway. The separation of thechafif is done with a machinecopied from our farmyard win-nower, and now manufactured - ^f \ jlM^ i «»i^ t W^^^^k ?-V .1^ - Wi rl.^\-:i\^ ^f-^- * •^ ? -?-*• v-rj-rji* Tl Ofki ^^H^^^^^^^^^^BI^hS^^^-^^S^SHD 119. CLEANING RICE WITH THE HAND-POUNDER. 56 BURMA. 120. CLEANING RICE WITH THE HAND-MILL. in every town {yahdt).A basket {dijt) ofcleaned rice {san) coststhree to four rupees,and lasts a man abouta month. The loss ofvolume in cleaning isabout twenty-five percent., and the cost ofthe unhusked grainabout one-third ofthat of rice. Forcakes and sweets, rice is ground with water in the Indian stone hand-mill. Afterfirst soaking, it is passed through the mill repeatedly until it forms a creamyfluid, which is strained and used while fresh. Wheaten bread is a novelty. The houses in Burma are mostly built of bamboo. The giant bambooiwabo), a denizen of the evergreen hills, is cultivated in the plains for house-posts and masts and side-buoys of boats. Its culms attain a height of eightyfeet and a girth at the butt of two feet. Every bamboo jungle supplies therest of the material for the house. No tools are needed for bamboo work,but the universal d&—a sabre, trimmer, chopper, according to its proportions(No. 231). With the dd the bamboos
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