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Show 2 PAPERMAKIN IN SIA canines,and wherever the visitor may go he s confronte with dogs of every kind, colour,and description but wit not one that would appeal to the most ardent dog fancier. Tym, the venerable grandfather, too old for the ardu ous work involved in making paper, contented himel with rocking one of the brown babies in an ingeniou hanging bamboo cradle, but his betel-chewing helpmate Piung, although nealy cighty years of age, was still th most active member of the family. I have never come i contact with the equal of Mrs. Piung Niltongkum and do not believe she has a counterpart in any region of th world, for even at her advanced years she not only bea the bark by hand for making into paper, but formed th sheets aswell, and attended toall the business of the mill While the two daughters, Luolin and Pyn, were capabl and skillful in all branches of the craft, the withered an bent octogenarian,stripped to the waist,insisted that sh alone show me the entire process of papermaking. He unbounded enthusiasm was unbelievable; every nerv and muscle of her diminutive dried-up brown body wa filled with endless ambition, energy, and strength. Whe I desired to make photographs of her beating the 4ho bark b remai long fo gardles hand pose a tim of m the old woman could not be induced t with the mallets in mid-air sufficientl exposure, but kept vigorously beating rerequests. Through the interpreter she tol Digital image 2004 Marriott Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |