INDO-CHINA. 



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and various kinds of pal ins fringe the low-lying coast! ands, while 

 paddy fields and garden plots cover the plains stretching inland to 

 the foot of tiic lulls, which are in ninny places clothed with dense 

 futvhiH tif ii'iikj inmvui'il, ■■ [Lut, ntjii other guin-yiuhluig ..pu-h^ 

 ebony and the precious eaglewood, burnt only in the palaces and 

 temples of the gods. The natives, however, cultivate htllo except 

 > ■ . ■ r I . . i a . iimixi!, butiihuu, which is lnrtn:d 1,u pndloss dniwNtic and 

 induritii.-il use*, rice, of which there are some forty varieties, and a 

 vine, which yields n sour wine. 



Fauna. — Most i>f clic hidiimauiimd specie* reap pear in the region 

 beyond the Ganges. Here elephants are very numerous, especially 

 in Burmoh j those of the Lao country are noted for their intelligence, 

 ami the natives everywhere display great skill in capturing and 

 tuning them. The rliinoi.-iTHH also, of which three varieties are 

 known in Bunuah, is sometimes tamed, as in Assam, The tiger, 

 whirli nj.miH ihu Anniitne.iie f.irt'Bts, ami reaches down to the ex- 

 tremity of Malaya, is seldom openly attacked* but mostly tnktui in 

 snares. The Annaincsc fauna includes, besides the wild buffalo, 

 the (bin, a species of ox perhaps allied to the Chinese mitAun. The 

 Burmese breed of horses is highly esteemed, while ihoue of Cocliin- 

 China are too small and weak to serve as pack-animals. In Tonkin, 

 Annum, and Cainboja poultry, ducks, nnd geese are more numerous 

 than in Knrope, and every houae has its pig. In Burundi rats are 

 a grout scourge, and the insect world is represented by innumerable 

 species both hero and throughout the peninsula. All the rivers and 

 marine inlets, as well as the great Camhojau lake, teem with fish, 

 which is a staple of food amongst all the inhabitants of Indu-China* 



i II A PTE Ei III. 



INHABITANTS Of IXD0 - CHINA — BUDMESR — TALA1NOS — SIAMESE— 

 ANN AH USE — CAMDOJANS. 



Mongolia Racee.—From the anthropological stand point the great 

 bulk of tbi: Indu-CIhinesc people ho lung to the Mongolic family of 

 mankind, and more directly to the Tibeto-Chineso sub-division of 

 that group. Amid a multiplicity of national, histuriciil, and tribal 

 names, u substantial unity both in tin' phynteal and linguistic typi-s 



