Burma . fore they come to schooland can reckon up sums mentally. In arithmetic they are taught themultiplication-table and a few rules of thumb \bedin). In addition to thefive Buddhist commandments (p. i6) and the objects of contemplation (p. 43),which the children learn in their homes, they chant passages from the P^liscriptures in the school chorus and get other precepts by rote : such as thecategory of duties to parents, teachers and elders, viz., reverence, support,mutual affection (fartik). They are taught the value of learning as an inalienablepossession, together with many precepts from
Burma . fore they come to schooland can reckon up sums mentally. In arithmetic they are taught themultiplication-table and a few rules of thumb \bedin). In addition to thefive Buddhist commandments (p. i6) and the objects of contemplation (p. 43),which the children learn in their homes, they chant passages from the P^liscriptures in the school chorus and get other precepts by rote : such as thecategory of duties to parents, teachers and elders, viz., reverence, support,mutual affection (fartik). They are taught the value of learning as an inalienablepossession, together with many precepts from the Lawkaniti and Mingala-thot;the conquests of the inner and outer ^nox\As Atwin-aungdyin, Apyin-aungdyin, thestory of the Buddha (see The Light of Asia) and the legendary cosmogony. As the result of this Buddhist system of schools, nearly half of the maleand about 3 per cent, of the female population, can read and write, as comparedwith 9 and 0*3 per cent, for men and women respectively in Bengal. The. 24. RACINQ TOY BOATS. 12 BURMA
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