, 1876-03-19

ss;oet, everybody came without References >.
social position, 80 that
ALI. TYPES WERE REPRESENTED
Tho Burmnn is a sort 81 connecting Ink betses,
China and India; alliad to the latter by rb.
straight, blue-black hair. and al occa:ion,i
dusky tinge in the generally oliye-colorod ~
and having in common with tbs Chinamsn -.
snub-nose, re:reating forehead, and scanty eva. w..
bro1s, the last, indeed, sometimes lacking ain.
gether- The woman are 1aaIer than the uan
am telling OF vera whittier than the most ielica.a
European. In these cases. however. I coqll M
but suspect pear1-powder, or its Bptnass
equivalent. The costumes aro as various ~ n,
features, and run through oil degrees Of H.
scale, from utter and absolute nakedness to fiji
toilette OF eslrt (worn BY both sexes) Jacket tnr'
ban, and sandals. Fancy then, it you can ,
company Of perhaps 200 beings Of both aa4ss
md all ages, in the varied costumes and nocoa:
tunes that have indicated. grouped in ever.
conceivable posture around the stage: ssandiar
leaning, knseling, sitting, squatting, ling.
human frame that might not have been studjsd
thero from living examples. AL vera sInokino
with an energy and persistence little short of
sublime, and we're made glad every now and
then By general distribution Of ''weeds " froc,
the house. Whenever laugh Of mora than
the on-lookers were knocked over By the doze5
being taken oil their guard. and yielding to tha
first thrust from an excited neighbours knee
elbow: head, foot. or shoulder As
THE EXCITEMENT INCREASED
the little prchins nearest the stage we're c-ovded
Forward so as to encroach on the anacs
reserved for the performers whazerpona a
. a burlv .sutilHy-man would uass around a tea
ring and beat them back with bamboo rod. /,
ths infinite confusion Of the sufferers and tha
boundless delight of tile luckier ones in tia
back rows. SO the fun went on, AZ it had done
for three davs before. tho invited guests comine
and going; the ranks OF street-spoctasors keep.
inr constantly full, and tho whole affordiue
more characteristic idea Of Burmese life in many
| phases than could have been obtained in anY
other way IN months. Some of these p,oays ara
Of c1aat splandor, and held with closed doors.
The one have tried to describe WAS given by
member Of the upper-midlle" class, and &C.
cordingly is 8 fairer specimen OF such enterta,n-
mauts than would have been more expensive
and exclusive one.
The RurIaaus are with few e1ceptious Bud
dhists, and as such their manner OF life in point
| of morality iB far above that of the Hindus and
Sfoi1ammedaus Of India They ara, however,
an iudolent race, and nearly all the work, on the
sea-coast at all events, il done by Matrassis and
BepcaIis, who come here in shoals at tie begin
n;ns nj the southwest monsoon nhau the shin,
n,a13ts nf rice are made,
1'1 TIE BURMESE LANGUAGE,
tbonoh Of Western origin, and strncru1aly allied
VIII rha Hindustani, greatly resembles the Chi.
nasa in sonnd. Thare arc many nasal lettera
Ike m. 7,0y. and one can hardly hear q CONVEX
ung ~ hstwaan two natiyeg ythous being r
m;nded OF Wuns Ling aud Lang Chung. The
1880, 1890 NJ the ianrnare ia quite unloue in
s3an1 ,o;nts Of whicn 1 will only piya
the mosk remarkable, The plural of
no1,na ia formed by the addition
| ~ ~ - .,r,ar,1 adjective. followed bv q geueYiu
l tmA-
t,ro and three hundred, For example, tro n,e,
IL aTnrasaai1 by man t,co human Minqs: too
or1ndes by orduae tro round hiugs; trent,
n,;os3s hv nr;est itr,,ntu sacred uti1,qs q hun
fre.f 1,ntss by Mate hundred 1sat things and 20
~, H. ~ culinary observer it yould saem that
eor;ona connIcat1ons must ariso from this back
honden .rrans,ausent, but 1 dare SAY all due
nsnns;on ia made fnr emercencies of this sort
0nn of nv first auestioua when I found Z
gaof1ernan yhou could catechise On the snb-
icct of Bnrmah. yas as to
THE MANNER or p1spos1Sd OF TIE DEAD.
| T. nrnved a GOOD subject. elicitinc facs that
| am sure viii interest you, and which
| commend tn tha attention OF agitasoys
AZ This subject in America and Europe.
Tha mass OF the people are dis
| ens eons he;ny commouIy. though not always
hr1ied and married ones burned much in tht
pu.aeu, na, ~ ~ tha H;nGna IN one c.sa. houeyer.
atrino variation il introduced and 1t ia to thi:
| thnf wish to cali your attention. Tbs priest
NJ tie Dnddhist religion, then arc shaver
nsat;no a. tha mass ona in the street, 3 process
Sion sf' of 'relEfed Dom,oicans each wrapped up Il
az a1tar-c1ot},. The name for this genus il
! rhoon. The more exalted Of them are known =
,Soon o,,pa lreat priest} and it is in their case
fhat the new method is resortod 70.
r,1r nonv r,rwrnI.Tr1;Y Ar-rER DEATH. Is Pre-
A111' sF:RyED IN HONEY,
| .,1a,rad ~ remain for = year. With