. Ad orientem. Botany -- Asia; Asia -- Description and travel. 218 PADDY-REAPER. brido-es. A striking;' feature in the Java landscape is the enormous height which pahns and other trees attain, leaving those of India far behind in that respect. In the cool of the evening it is pleasant walking amongst the fields and watching the natives getting in their crops. They cut the paddy by means of a peculiar little implement, consisting of a semi-circular blade about three inches in length, securely fixed cross-ways upon a piece of bamboo no more than three and a half inches long, which latter the rea
. Ad orientem. Botany -- Asia; Asia -- Description and travel. 218 PADDY-REAPER. brido-es. A striking;' feature in the Java landscape is the enormous height which pahns and other trees attain, leaving those of India far behind in that respect. In the cool of the evening it is pleasant walking amongst the fields and watching the natives getting in their crops. They cut the paddy by means of a peculiar little implement, consisting of a semi-circular blade about three inches in length, securely fixed cross-ways upon a piece of bamboo no more than three and a half inches long, which latter the reaper grasps in some ingenious way, allowing the knife to project between his fingei'S, and with this he manages to get through his work in an incredibly quick time. The following sketch will give a fair idea of the paddy,, or rice-reaper :. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Frederickson, A. D. (Aug Daniel). London : W. H. Allen & Co.
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