Burma . is replenished from Siam,where the wild herds are larger, and the businessof catching is more developed, and where alsoelephants breed more frequently in elephant-breakers and trainers are Shans,and the words of command Shan. Rhinoceroses(kyan) may be found about the sources of streamsin the evergreen hills ; occasional tracks areseen. A tapir occurs in the forests of dogs (canis nttilans) occur in a ^q^n localities. There is no wolf, fox, orhyaena, and no jackal east of Arakan. There is a larger and a smaller blackbear (ivkunm), very rarely en-countered, a
Burma . is replenished from Siam,where the wild herds are larger, and the businessof catching is more developed, and where alsoelephants breed more frequently in elephant-breakers and trainers are Shans,and the words of command Shan. Rhinoceroses(kyan) may be found about the sources of streamsin the evergreen hills ; occasional tracks areseen. A tapir occurs in the forests of dogs (canis nttilans) occur in a ^q^n localities. There is no wolf, fox, orhyaena, and no jackal east of Arakan. There is a larger and a smaller blackbear (ivkunm), very rarely en-countered, and not aggres-sive. There are severalspecies of wild cat {taw-dydung) large and small, anda few species of weasel. Asmall porcupine is foundipyu). The huge bamboo-rat {pwe) is dug out of itsburrow by the hill are many tribes ofmonkeys and gibbons; theweird cry of the latter is thecharacteristic sound of theevergreen forest. Squirrelsare the only wild animals 207. BRINGING IN ROE-DEER (DYI).. 208. MEASURING THE PANTHER. 96 BURMA \ > ^4M w^- 1 ^ H ^H m ^m one commonly notices. A great lizard (/«/^),weighing twenty to forty pounds, infestshollow trees; it is shot and eaten by theBurmans, and its skin used for of the venomous snakes of India arecommon to Burma, excepting the small anddeadly kraii. The formidable hamadryadis added, but there are no fully establishedcases of the pursuit of man which is attri-buted to this snake. The casualties due tosnake-bite are chiefly among the gigantic python is not dangerous toman. Scorpions and centipedes are com-mon enough, but their stings and bites arenot often serious. Good clay for pottery is only found incertain localities, and from these the manu-factures are sent to great distances bywater. Clay almost stone-hard and lateriteare pounded with a tilt-hammer, screened,and worked up in certain proportions withwater and sand, by treading with the best and strongest pots for cooking are not
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