The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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quits different from thpss at singapore
and Colomto. A. those paces the paa.
senaBfs on the Incoming and outgoing
aaeamsfs amuas themselves ~ teasing
silver cplna into the Transparent waters
and watching tho divers catch them befor"
they can reach IN botton, but ~ Rangoon
the water Ia % muddy tina, a diver would
have dlhhculty In hnding an electric light
Tue depth ~ the water, too, 10 Rsuflcient
except when tho tide ls high.
The city ~ Rangoon IL substantially
hailt and has a number % n business
hioohs and excellent public buildings. A
munlcipal hospital nov In course OF con-
atruction SURPRISES anything which We
havs aeen In the Elst.
Ths park system NJ Rango0n 10 very at
tactive, and one sees the well 10 do ale
msnt Of tho city fully represented there In
the early evening. The roads about RAN
COON are good, but not equal TO those OF
Ceylon and Java.
I nave already spoken OF the Java roads,
and thoss Of Ceylon are not behind them.
No ono can see these we'll graded, we'll draine
and beautifully shaded highways without
having his interest In good roads quick
ened
THE LUMBRR HANDLERS OF
At Rangoon We saw the elephants at
york Ia q humber yard, and they did not
attract anything like the attention from
the natives that Jumbo and the baby ele-
plant did In the United States during my
boyhood days. II Ia not necessary here
for the head Of the family to take his wife
and all the children to the circus In order
that the younger members Of the family
may catch q glimpse Of one Of these I'M
calmly beasts.
In Burma the elephant il simply an
every day beast Of burden and earns his
food a. faithfully az the horse or the OK.
We saw three at work In the lumber yard
which we visited. the oldest Of which is
more than three score years and ten and
has labored industrlously for more than
Fifty years.
A native rides upon his back and directs
him by word, sometimes emphasized by
an iron pointed stick, and the huge fellow
lifts, pushes and twists the logs about with
almost human intelligence. The elephant
has an eye for neatness, and one would
hardly believe from hearsay with what
regularity and carefulness he works, NOV
ing from one end of the log to the other
until il il in exactly the right place. !
In lifting he uses his tusks, kneeling
when his work requires 1t. In carrying |
large blocks of wood he uses both tusks
and trunk. Sometimes the elephant pushes
q heavy log along the ground with one
Of his forefeet. walking on the other three.
but generally the logs are draw by a chain
attached to a broad breast STRAP.
THE ELEPHANT AT wORK.
A aeventy -year-old elephant, working in
the same yard, was thus drawing heavy
tiinbers and went about his work uncom-
~plainingly 10 long IA he was permitted to
draw one at a time, but when two of these
timbers were fastened together he raised
his voice in pathetic lament, which grew |
even more touching when he received a
pointed suggestion from bis driver. These
trumpetinas were really terrifying TO a
stranger, b did not seem to alarm the
Burmese.
The ears of the old elephant showed
sigma Of age; in fact, they we're thin aud
frayed with Tapping and looked like droop-
Ing begonia leaves.
The elephants which we saw weighed
about two tons each and consumed about
300 pounds of feed a day. When | was In
formed that an elephant ate regularly one
fifth Of his own weight every day. l could
understand better than ever before what
1t means 70 have an elephant on ones
hands,
The fact that they can he praftably |
used In business shows their capacity for
work. The old song that credits the ele- |
phant with eating all night "a we'll as all
day Is founded on fact, for the animal re-
quires but two hours sleep cut Of twenty
four, and when not otherwise employed
be puts In his time eating.
The elephant. Notwithstanding his huge
bulk and massive strength, is a very timid
animal. and can be put TO fight by a dog,
or even by a rat. A short time ago a drove
OF Rangoon elephants was staInpeded by
an automobile and, AZ Is well kno wn, the
shipping of an elephant is a difficult task.
The elephant has q small hole resem-
bling a knife cut on the side Of the head,
and at times a watery fluid la discharged
therefrom. For some reason. apparently
unknown, the animal IL subject to frenzy
during the period Of this discharge and
must be kept in confinement.
Nc FLYING FISHES ON H oAD TO MAN
DALAY,
Mandalay, the second city Of Burma,
is $50 miles north Of Rangoon by rail, and
Is situated on the Irrawaddy River, Kip
ling In his poem declares that the flying
fishes play or the road TO Mandalay, but
be has bee guilty Of using poetic license.
The captain Of one OF the teamers warned
US in advance that no flying fish would be |
eeen on the river. and ope Fn9liahman