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the distant past, the history of the beginnings of 

 agriculture. 



Some of us have been in the country in harvest- 



FIG. 11. Harvesting Eice in Ceylon. 



time, in a good harvest when the stackyard fills 

 slowly with golden sheaves, and the skies are 

 sunny through all the days of cutting and leading. 

 As the last cart comes home, and the labourers 

 see that their time of hard work is nearly over, 



