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above our heads, an irrefutable argument in the shape of a lump of 

 grass and driftwood had stuck. The country round is for the 

 most part low and flat, and of the effect of the floods in the rainy- 

 season we had afterwards a good opportunity of judging during our 



FOREST-CLEARING AND LARGE TREE NE.VR SANDAKAN. 



visit to the Papar-Kunanis district. Towards evening the rest of 

 our party returned from Batang Ipil, having been unsuccessful in 

 the way of sport, although much spoor had been seen. The 

 following morning we retm^ned to Elopura. 



The export trade of the Sandakan district at the time of our 

 visit lay entirely in the natural products of the country. Eattan- 

 canes, gutta, daimnar, camphor, sharks'-fin, beche de mer, and pearl- 

 shells were the chief, and the supjaly of all these in the forests 



