9O Incidents of Foreign Field Sport. 



teak forest. There was not much undergrowth, and 

 we followed a track for a couple of hours or more 

 made by elephants during the last rains. Then an 

 ascent was commenced, and I thought it time to 

 refresh the inner man. Calling a halt I made an al 

 fresco meal, giving some food to the Burmese, who, 

 having no caste, will eat with or after a European of 

 the viands he has prepared for himself. After an 

 hour's rest we resumed our journey ; the ascent 

 became worse and worse, and in as good 

 condition as I was, I was forced to rest frequently. 

 The track, made by wild animals, wound round 

 and round hills, and was really as well 

 constructed as if laid out by an engineer, but the 

 Burman guide would take short cuts, which proved 

 very laborious and fatiguing, as they were strewn 

 with debris of all sorts. About 5 P.M. we were, I 

 should say, at an elevation of 1,000 feet. Looking 

 back, to the south-east the Ma'ee was seen wending its 

 course and even at a distance looked lovely ; to the 

 east the mighty Irrawaddi appeared a mere thread ; to 

 the north and west rose the Arrakan mountains, which 

 reach an elevation of some 6,000 feet, and are 

 densely wooded for at least 3,000 to 4,000 feet of 

 their altitude, and we could see mist rising, which 

 indicated that there were valleys between us and the 

 main range. 



After half- an -hour's rest, we resumed our journey,, 

 and after ascending perhaps another 200 to 300 

 feet began to descend, and soon came to some 

 toivnyali clearances made by Karens. In one of 

 these, just at dark, we came to a " teh ", a raised 

 platform fully twenty feet off the ground, with 



