Burma . s are used with a crossbow (No. 204) and pellets with the plain bow ije),and that not extensively. Another curious custom is the one of laying a pieceof cloth between the head of the post and the wall-plate as a propitiationto the nat of the tree (p. 187). Before the large posts of temples are reared,their heads are hung with offerings, which the workpeople afterwards shareamong themselves. The front bays of the house have a floor only a few feetoff the ground (kyannHng)—unless where the flood-levels require it to be higher—making a verandah, the com-mon or unenclosed portion ofthe hou
Burma . s are used with a crossbow (No. 204) and pellets with the plain bow ije),and that not extensively. Another curious custom is the one of laying a pieceof cloth between the head of the post and the wall-plate as a propitiationto the nat of the tree (p. 187). Before the large posts of temples are reared,their heads are hung with offerings, which the workpeople afterwards shareamong themselves. The front bays of the house have a floor only a few feetoff the ground (kyannHng)—unless where the flood-levels require it to be higher—making a verandah, the com-mon or unenclosed portion ofthe house, free to back bays have a floorabout four cubits off the groundor. above the lower floor. Abamboo or wooden ladder con-nects the floors. The upperfloor is enclosed all round, andhas one or two bays partitionedoff. A pent-roof covers thecooking-place and grain-bin,where the rice-pounders andimplements are stored as well; or else there is a shed for 123. rearing the posts of the wut. I. 58 BURMA
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