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RUBBER PLANTING IN CEYLON 



SECOND LETTER. 



GROWTH OF HEVEA TREES AT HENERATGODA THEIR YIELD AT VARIOUS AGES 

 VISIT TO PERADENIYA DIRECTOR WILLIS AND His WORK CANKER FUNGUS IN 

 HEVEA AND ITS TREATMENT BY MR. CARRUTHERS RAILWAYS IN CEYLON PLAN- 

 TATION SCENES LEECHES AND OTHER INSECT PESTS. 



A BULLOCK hackery is a small two-wheeled cart, gaudily painted, 

 with oilcloth top, no springs, and a seat on which sits the driver, 

 so close to the little hump-backed bullock that he easily twists 

 his tail, or punches his ribs to make him trot, while the passenger, sitting 

 back to the driver, clings as best he may. It is a most jerky mode of 



BULLOCK HACKERY AND RICKSHAW, COLOMBO. 



progression, as the bullock starts and stops with surprising suddenness; 

 indeed, his whole progress is a series of jerks against which it is difficult 

 to guard. Were it not for the little step behind on which one's feet 

 rest, it would be impossible to hold on for more than five or six minutes. 

 The bullock is a tough little beast, about four feet high at the shoulders, 

 and is supposedly *guided by a pair of rope reins that run through his 

 nostrils. He is, however, more influenced by the half bark, half yell, 

 of the driver, and the vigorous tail-twisting that he indulges in on 

 occasion. 



