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rice. The meals ane apparently prepared to serve individually as each one

more or less eats by herself. Some set upon the dirt baskets, some in typical
hindu fashion, while others sit crosslegged or in sime-reclining position. A
box of candy and cookies was distributed to these workers which was gratefully
received, but without a recognition of thanks anceps thru visible expressions
and actions, The more elderly member of the group dominated the situation and
it was she who decided to keep the colorful box. Bamboo cups used to hold the
tea while others had copper bowls. Their sole duty while on the job is to
carry dirt from the seedeanion pit to the brink of the fill where it is dropped.
All fill material is carried in a small basket nicely balanced on the head and
after shaking off the dirt form the empty container they replace it in an in-
verted position giving the appearance of our own modernistic head gear. The
women in this perpetual working file were in a complete state of curiosity as to
our presence, always with eyes turned in our direction as they worked back and
forth in slow pace before our station. Whenever a small group would congre-
gate they would respond with an audible chatter and punctuate it with a broad
but £imid smile. M in foreground at lunch site. A couple of elephants assist-

ing nativesin placement of logs in the background.

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