Burma . ; the tree-ladder is made by drivingbamboo spikes into the wood. The onlyhoney of Burma is wild ; but bees fre-quent the limestone caves to such adegree that in some places the right tocollect honey and wax in them is farmedout. Honey sells for ten annas and waxfor two and a half rupees a viss. Thestaple food of the Karens is rice. Theymake a curry in the Burman way; withit they eat ngapi, salt fish or fresh fish, orthe ilesh of pig and deer, especially the small deer they trap at the keep goats, poultry and pigs, whichlatter are the scavengers of the the chie
Burma . ; the tree-ladder is made by drivingbamboo spikes into the wood. The onlyhoney of Burma is wild ; but bees fre-quent the limestone caves to such adegree that in some places the right tocollect honey and wax in them is farmedout. Honey sells for ten annas and waxfor two and a half rupees a viss. Thestaple food of the Karens is rice. Theymake a curry in the Burman way; withit they eat ngapi, salt fish or fresh fish, orthe ilesh of pig and deer, especially the small deer they trap at the keep goats, poultry and pigs, whichlatter are the scavengers of the the chief purpose for which theseanimals are bred is to be killed andoffered to the nats, who have to be pro-pitiated on all occasions. At every vil-lage site and clearing for cultivation a —V ?•? ?3 -?l;. - .-CTSifc- •^ r .* ^S ? \^^ISli BS^ il P^BS ^^^ H&g i^H ^ ^v ,^.y^r flHI^ -#i) ^/^ r ^ \ ilifip- % MM , , \^ m^ ^^^ ^Jiyiiiw.)IilF.^W ^SM ^™. ^^ rr:: ^^^^ ?^^^ 339. KAREN WOMAN -5, f5 KARENS 151
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