Afoot and afloat in Burma . en-ter of the country, secured for Rangoon itspre-eminence; then the railway crowned thenatural advantages of the capital by focus-ing on it all other routes of Burmas trade;and later a well-developed harbor has invitedthe shipping of the world to come and re-ceive the treasures of the province; and thecombination of these influences has resultedin the citys being a cosmopolitan place. It seems but natural, then, that in endeav-oring to convey a little idea of what the realpeople of Burma are like, one should turnhis attention almost entirely to the villagepeople ra
Afoot and afloat in Burma . en-ter of the country, secured for Rangoon itspre-eminence; then the railway crowned thenatural advantages of the capital by focus-ing on it all other routes of Burmas trade;and later a well-developed harbor has invitedthe shipping of the world to come and re-ceive the treasures of the province; and thecombination of these influences has resultedin the citys being a cosmopolitan place. It seems but natural, then, that in endeav-oring to convey a little idea of what the realpeople of Burma are like, one should turnhis attention almost entirely to the villagepeople rather than to those in the towns. This little book makes no particular pre-tense of treating Burma as a whole, but ra-ther is it just a small collection of stories— odds and ends that I have noticed in myvaried wanderings. An endeavor has beenmade to write them in a style and languagesuited to Juniors. If this book serves toarouse or increase the interest of any in thispleasant land, its purpose will have WHERE AUNG BAW LIVES ANDHOW HE WORKS Plowing Under Water — Buffaloes for Horses — AHouse Tied in a Tree — A Bamboo Water Pail Here comes Aung Baw, driving a pairof oxen before him and carrying his plowon his shoulder. It looks more like a rough,bent piece of wood, pointed at one end, thana plow; but he has not enough money to buya better one, and this one serves his end of the wood is shod with an ironplow point, which is always kept Baw must be on his way to his fieldto get the ground ready for transplanting therice; so we will follow him and see how heworks. Notice the oxen. They are different fromthose seen in other parts of the world. Doyou see that hump on their backs, just overthe shoulders? All Indian cattle have that,and it is peculiar to them. Aung Baw has the two animals alreadyyoked together, and the yoke lies on their i6 Afoot and Afloat Through Burma necks, just in front of the hump. Whenthey begin their work and ar
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