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PADDY-REAPER. 



brido-es. A striking;' feature in the Java landscape is 

 the enormous height which pahns and other trees 

 attain, leaving those of India far behind in that 

 respect. 



In the cool of the evening it is pleasant walking 

 amongst the fields and watching the natives getting in 

 their crops. They cut the paddy by means of a 

 peculiar little implement, consisting of a semi-circular 

 blade about three inches in length, securely fixed 

 cross-ways upon a piece of bamboo no more than three 

 and a half inches long, which latter the reaper grasps 

 in some ingenious way, allowing the knife to project 

 between his fingei'S, and with this he manages to get 

 through his work in an incredibly quick time. The 

 following sketch will give a fair idea of the paddy,, 

 or rice-reaper : 



