| OCR Text |
Show PAPERMAKIN IN INDO-CHIN 2 as unimportant and insignificant. There is small wonde that the native people look upon life with indifferenc when we consider the humiliation, the hardship, and th toil that have been heaped upon this proud and dignifie nd rightly proud, too, for many of these humbl rac peasants are the dire& descendants of the great Khmers These early craftsmen, beginning in the ninth century planned and built suchastonishing religious monument as Phiméan-Akas, Ba-Yon, Phnom Bakheng, Prah Khan Pré-Rup, Mébon, Phnom Krom, Bantéay Sréy, Ta-Keéo and the glorious, melancholy Angkor-Vat. These grea stone structuresare the most impressive and bewilderin of the world's buildings, rivallin in size, detail of design and ingenuity of workmanship the most noble edifices o ancient Rome. It was distressing and infuriating to hav to endure the sight of hundreds of women compelled t hurriedly cleara path for the rumbling French omnibu by literally throwing themselves down the steep, rugge embankmentateithersid o theroadway. Rain began t fall in the usual drenching tropical shower which adde tothealready humid atmosphere; the workers continue theirlabours in the fields withouta thought of the damp ness; in Tonkin one soon grows accustomed to humidit and mould. Without redudtion of speed we would fin ourselves within the confines ofa village, and by sudde application of the brakes by the barefooted Eurasian th car would slide along the wet roadway and finally com to a halt in front of a fragrant-smelling shop. Everyon Digtal mage © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights ressrved |
