Girdling a teak tree. The tree is entirely encased with ivy [Mu Forest, Burma]. Photographer: Conybeare, Charles Bruce
Scope & Content:
View of base of teak tree, with Burmese foresters at work on the platform that has been erected round the tree. The men are cutting through a circle of bark round the tree in order to kill it.
Buddhist monk with 'Koyins,' or probationers. All Burmese boys spend a few months as probationers in a monastery. Most return to the world, but a few join the priesthood for life. Photographer: Conybeare, Charles Bruce
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Monk with novices, posed in front of monastery buildings.
Buffaloes hauling log up hill, by means of wire rope and pulley, which enable buffaloes to pull downhill thereby greatly increasing their power [Mu Forest, Burma]. Photographer: Conybeare, Charles Bruce
Scope & Content:
View of bullock team hauling downhill on a steep slope.
Moo rocks. The Moo [Mu], a placid stream, suddenly enters these rocks and passes through them for 10 miles [Burma]. Photographer: Conybeare, Charles Bruce
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the river.