course, there were also many Burmese, as the people of Burma are called.

5. Kate and May will like to hear something about the Burmese girls and
women. They are not at all sad like the Indians, but are very bright and
gay. As I write these lines I see a party of Burmese girls passing my
window, I can hear them laughing.

6. They are very dainty in their dress. One girl wears a skirt of pink
silk and a blouse of light green. She has bracelets on her arms,
ear-rings in her ears, a string of coral round her neck, and flowers in
her hair.

[Illustration: {Burmese woman carrying an umbrella}]

7. In one hand she carries a bamboo sunshade; in the other she holds a
big paper cigar! She is very fond of smoking, and you never see her
without a cigar. On her feet she wears sandals.

8. The men are gentle and rather lazy. The women have far more "go" in
them than the men. Many of them keep shops, and are very good traders.
The wife is the chief person in every home.

9. The men also wear skirts, and sometimes their jackets are very gay.
They wrap a handkerchief of pink, or of some other bright colour, round
their head.

[Illustration: {A Burmese man}]

10. The Burmese worship Buddha, a prince who lived more than two
thousand years ago. He was a very noble man, and he gave up all the