Burma . and every child has a tub of its own(Nos. 159, 161). Such a village is Sanyue on the Myimmaka {Myit-ma-kd),the river that denies its tribute to the great Irawadi, and delivers the watersof the Y6ma straight to the sea (see map, and momakd, p. 115). The rise of the spring-tides above mean low-water level on the coast ofBurma is sixteen to eighteen feet. In certain estuaries of the Martaban Gulf,dangerous bores are produced. In the Delta, which is a network of creeks, andin Arakan, the facilities afforded for traffic by the tidal currents are unequalled. The abatement of the monsoon rain
Burma . and every child has a tub of its own(Nos. 159, 161). Such a village is Sanyue on the Myimmaka {Myit-ma-kd),the river that denies its tribute to the great Irawadi, and delivers the watersof the Y6ma straight to the sea (see map, and momakd, p. 115). The rise of the spring-tides above mean low-water level on the coast ofBurma is sixteen to eighteen feet. In certain estuaries of the Martaban Gulf,dangerous bores are produced. In the Delta, which is a network of creeks, andin Arakan, the facilities afforded for traffic by the tidal currents are unequalled. The abatement of the monsoon rains, in the course of September, like thebreak of the monsoon, isattended with thunder-storms. The surface soondries and the sub-soil waterbegins to sink, leaving butlittle marsh land {bwet). Asthe hot season advances,the trees and bamboos ofthe dry forest lose theirleaves, and the grasseswither, covering the soilwith an inflammable layer. In the open, the heavy dews 177. village scene in the high flood. M. 82 BURMA
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