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CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Preface. 



Chapter I. — Introduction ... ... ... ... 1 



Chapter II.— Stay at Mandalay from 14th to 18th December 1873 ... 26 



Chapter III. — Journey between Mandalay and Bhamo, including return 



voyage ... ... ... ... ... 55 



Chapter IV. — Bharno, including a trip to the Kachyen hills via the 



Taping river ... ... ... ... 73 



Chapter V. — From Bhamo to Mun-tsoung (latitude 26°) and back via 



Mogoung... ... ... ... ... 121 



Chapter VI. — General recapitulation of all facts associated with the 



Ficus elastica ... ... ... ... 208 



General Index ... ... ... ... ... ... l — v 



Table of Errata ... ... ... ... ... ... i — n 



MAP 



shewing the Geographical distribution of the tree in 

 Assam and Burma Proper. 



