TEA-DRINKING IN OTHER 

 LANDS 



WHILE tea-drinking outside 

 of Japan and China is not 

 attended with any "high- 

 days and holidays," still there are 

 countries where it is just as impor- 

 tant element of the daily life of its 

 people as it is in the Land of the 

 Eising Sun. 



Among the Burmese a newly-mar- 

 ried couple, to insure a happy life, 

 exchange a mixture of tea-leaves 

 steeped in oil. 



In Bokhara, every man carries a 

 small bag of tea about with him. 

 When he is thirsty he hands a certain 

 quantity over to the booth-keeper, 



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