The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-27

Calcutta. India, March Burma
is another country which was added
10 our list after leaving home, but as
its people are quite distinct from the
inhabitants Of India, and as it is one
Of the strongholds of Buddhism, we
turned aside TO visit il en- route from
Csylon to Calcutta. On the map il
occupies 4 part OF the east side Of the
first o. the three great peninsulas that
stretch down from Asia 10 the Indian
ocean. and is separated from India
proper by the Bay OF Bengal Its
principal stream is I he Irawadi
famed III story Tor the ma gnifcent
scenery along is course, and for the
fertile valley through which il passes
on It's way to the sea.
Rangoon. the seaport of Burma. is
situated some % miles inland UDor a
river OF the same name. and has a
harbOr quite different from those al
Singapore and Colombo AT those
places The passengers on the incoming
and outgoing steamers arlusa them
selves by tossing silver coins into the
transparent waters and watching the
divers catch them before they can
reach the bottom. but at Rangoon the
water is so muddy that diver would
have difficulty in finding An electric
light The depth IF the water. too. 3
insufficient, except when the tide is
high
But the cit Of Rengo1n is @substau-
TALLY built and has q number os fine
business blocks and excellent public
buildings A municipal hospital now
IN course OF construction surpasses
anything which we have seen IN the
east The park system at RargOOn Is
very sttre Ctive. ana one secs the we'll
to-do-eIament Of the city fully repre-
sented there in the early evening. TIE
roads about Rsueoon are good, but not
equal 10 those OF CeylUn and Java 7
have already suoken Of the Java roads
and those OF Ceyiun are not behind
them No one car see these we'll
gradec. velI-drained and beautifully
shaded highways without having his
interest IN good Dads quickened.
At Ransoon we saw the elephants AZ
work IN q lumber yard. and they did
rot attract anything like the atteU-
ton from the natives that Jumbo
and the BABY Elephant" did in the
United States during my boyhOod
davs. i is not necessary here for the
head Of the family 10 take his wife and
all the children 10 the circus n order
that the Younger members Of the fam
flv NAV catch 2 glimpse Of one OF
these uuEainIv hersts. IN Burma the
elephant is simply an everyday beast
a burden and earns his food as faith
fully as the horse or the OK. We saw
three at work IN the lumber yard
which we visited the oldest Of which
{s more than three score years and
ten and has Iabored fndustriously for
rnore than 80 years A native rides
upon HIS back and directs him by
word. sometimes emphasized BY an
iroD-pointed stick and the huge fell
low lifts pushes and twists the logs
about with almost human intelligence.
The elephant has an eye for neatness,
and one would hardly believe from
hesrsay with what regularity and
careftIlness he works, moving from
one end OF the log 70 the other until il
Is in exactly TIE right place. In lift
ing he uses his tusks. kneelirg when
his work requires IL IN carrying
large blocks Of wood he uses both
tusks and trunks. Sometimes the ele-
ohsn; pushes a heavy log along the
ground with one Of his forefeet, walk