The man's horizon of ideas, like his vocabulary, is very limited.

His view of actual life is bounded by a few rice-fields, a range of hills, and the village near by.

Possibly one visit to a city or large town has enriched his experience.

More probably, however, the wind and clouds, the weather, the soil, crops and taxes, his family and food and how to provide for them, are the main thoughts that occupy his mind.

Before he will strike mattock or spade in the soil, lay axe to a tree, collect or burn underbrush, he will select a stone, a slab of rock or a stick of wood, set it upon hill side or mud field-boundary, and to this he will bow, prostrate himself or pray.