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the people get very little meat and where they 

 live largely on the rather poor grain rice, they eat 

 a great quantity of what are called soya beans. 

 The rice without the beans would not be enough 



FIG. 32. A Rice Farm in Ceylon. 



for them they would not get enough proteid. 

 These beans also contain a large amount of fat, 

 which is important because rice has hardly any fat. 

 Thus beans and rice together make a good diet, 

 though neither would be sufficient separately. 



