Burma . AT RAPIDOF THE SALWEEN. ekkaya-to. Thebusiness is un-der the ban ofreligion, not a-lone as being actuated by greed {lawba, p. 44),but because primitive Buddhism eschews everything mystical and occult. The operations arecarried on at night for secrecy. Reputed adeptsare found among the class of recluses called yathe,who from their life in the wilds are supposed topenetrate the arcana of nature. Wood-work was greatly restricted until bettertools were imported. Planks and scantling usedto be laboriously prepared for boat-building andfor palaces, religious edifices, and the houses ofthe gr
Burma . AT RAPIDOF THE SALWEEN. ekkaya-to. Thebusiness is un-der the ban ofreligion, not a-lone as being actuated by greed {lawba, p. 44),but because primitive Buddhism eschews everything mystical and occult. The operations arecarried on at night for secrecy. Reputed adeptsare found among the class of recluses called yathe,who from their life in the wilds are supposed topenetrate the arcana of nature. Wood-work was greatly restricted until bettertools were imported. Planks and scantling usedto be laboriously prepared for boat-building andfor palaces, religious edifices, and the houses ofthe great. Excepting the inner gates of themasonry temples, wood-work over a century old isscarce. But before the Burmans possessed themeans of turning their timber to account for them-selves the country had become noted for its stockof teak. Burma possesses many valuable woods,but the pre-eminence of teak is such that forgeneral purposes timber had come to mean alwaysteak timber. Teak possesses the advantages. TEAK-TREE OUT OF LEAFCMAROHy I 12 BURMA
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