A VISIT TO THE HAIGAHS. 137 



It was no pleasant undertaking to 

 make one's way inside this place. I 

 found, however, on examining it, that 

 it would be perfectly easy for a man to 

 stand on the rack which ran along the 

 side of the building, tie a rope to the 

 beam, and swing himself off from the 

 rack. With this presumption in favour 

 of the story of suicide I was forced to 

 be content ; I could learn nothing more, 

 and left my Haigah friends as wise as I 

 came. 



The arica palm, to which I have here 

 alluded, is cultivated in India, so far as 

 I know, only in the western provinces. 

 It is so valuable and beautiful a member 

 of the palm tribe, and so little known, 

 that a description will not be out of 

 place. 



