Burma . e Burman cheroot (seleik) is a roll five to eight inches long andan inch thick, consisting of chopped tobacco-leaf and the pith of the tobaccostem, with a wrapper made of the inner skin of the spathe of the betel palm, orthe spathe of maize, or else the leaves of pauk, thandt or banibwk, which aresmoothed on a hot stone. The Burman exquisite toys with this cheroot muchas the Japanese does with the fan. The fan is not afiected by men or women inBurma. Good cheroots are also rolled of plain tobacco-leaf, in the Indian way ;they are very strong. Unlike theShans, Karens and Chinese, withth
Burma . e Burman cheroot (seleik) is a roll five to eight inches long andan inch thick, consisting of chopped tobacco-leaf and the pith of the tobaccostem, with a wrapper made of the inner skin of the spathe of the betel palm, orthe spathe of maize, or else the leaves of pauk, thandt or banibwk, which aresmoothed on a hot stone. The Burman exquisite toys with this cheroot muchas the Japanese does with the fan. The fan is not afiected by men or women inBurma. Good cheroots are also rolled of plain tobacco-leaf, in the Indian way ;they are very strong. Unlike theShans, Karens and Chinese, withtheir pipes, and the natives ofIndia with their hookah, the Bur-man sticks to the cheroot. To-bacco is grown on the silt banksleft dry by the rivers (Nos. 191,264) ; but the bulk is importedfrom the South of India. A deli-cate birds-eye tobacco is pre-pared by the Karens and Shanson the North-East; it is shreddedgreen, and does not keep intervals on the main lines of 291. bazar scene, burma 132 BURMA
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