Yet devout as are the assembled people, profound as
is their reverence for the shrine, it is not for purposes
of worship alone that they come together here. The
Burmese are a catholic people, with an instinctive
appreciation of the good things of life. They extend
their patronage as liberally to the white man’s shops as
they do to their own, and country visitors by their un-
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affected admiration and artless mistakes provide much
delight to the town-bred citizen. They stand before the
big windows of the English drapers and indulge in
wonder at the fine things it contains. “ A-mai-lai,
what a paradise!” At the Italian confectioner's— “ He,
Ko Saw. This is nat awza, the food of the gods. Nothing
like this in the jungle.” Familiar contretemps
occur, such as an intemperate assault on the mustard
