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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  v 
  

  

  A 
  KARIJNI 
  OF 
  TIIK 
  JUNGLE 
  VILLAGE 
  OF 
  

   OKTADA, 
  IN 
  THIv 
  MARTABAN 
  HILLS 
  

  

  This 
  native 
  of 
  Burma 
  holds 
  in 
  his 
  hand 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  fruits 
  of 
  the 
  Kalaw 
  tree 
  {Hydnocarpus 
  

   at 
  sianc 
  a), 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  Chaulmoogra. 
  

  

  house 
  where 
  Siamese 
  officials 
  stop 
  when 
  

   en 
  route 
  from 
  Raheng. 
  

  

  I 
  decided 
  to 
  take 
  to 
  Burma 
  the 
  pony, 
  

   which 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  Raheng 
  had 
  

  

  rented 
  me, 
  as 
  the 
  roads 
  are 
  very 
  rocky 
  

   and 
  walking 
  very 
  uncomfortable. 
  All 
  

   my 
  coolies, 
  24 
  in 
  number, 
  were 
  paid 
  off 
  

   except 
  two, 
  my 
  horseboy 
  and 
  my 
  camera- 
  

   bearer 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  who 
  carried 
  all 
  the 
  

   heavy 
  silver 
  rupees. 
  Neither 
  paper 
  nor 
  

   nickel 
  is 
  negotiable 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   world. 
  

  

  For 
  my 
  heavy 
  baggage 
  and 
  specimens 
  

   I 
  hired 
  three 
  bullock 
  carts 
  with 
  Burmese 
  

   drivers. 
  These 
  carts 
  make 
  from 
  18 
  to 
  20 
  

   miles 
  a 
  day. 
  

  

  After 
  swimming 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  Sal- 
  

   win, 
  traveling 
  was 
  more 
  comfortable, 
  as 
  

   the 
  British 
  Government 
  furnishes 
  dak 
  

   bungalows 
  for 
  the 
  convenience 
  of 
  travel- 
  

   ing 
  officials 
  and 
  other 
  Caucasian 
  way- 
  

   farers. 
  

  

  THE 
  FIRST 
  GLIMPSF 
  OF 
  A 
  CHAULMOOGRA- 
  

   OIL 
  TRFF 
  

  

  Our 
  path 
  lay 
  across 
  the 
  Kawkereik 
  

   Hills, 
  which 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  glorious 
  

   verdure, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  that 
  I 
  

   first 
  encountered 
  Tamktogenos 
  Kursii. 
  

   Unfortunately, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  fruit. 
  I 
  was 
  

   informed 
  by 
  a 
  Burmese 
  village 
  quack 
  that 
  

   July 
  is 
  the 
  month 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Chaul- 
  

   moogra 
  fruits 
  ripen. 
  We 
  hurried 
  on 
  and 
  

   finally 
  reached 
  decadent 
  but 
  beautiful 
  

   Moulmein 
  on 
  Christmas 
  eve. 
  

  

  At 
  first 
  I 
  deplored 
  not 
  having 
  stopped 
  

   for 
  Christmas 
  in 
  the 
  jungle 
  ! 
  Yet 
  in 
  the 
  

   end 
  I 
  was 
  glad, 
  for 
  Christmas 
  day 
  was 
  

   spent 
  in 
  the 
  delightful 
  company 
  of 
  our 
  

   American 
  missionaries 
  at 
  Moulmein. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  doing 
  a 
  great 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  

   Burmese 
  boys 
  and 
  girls 
  and 
  also 
  among 
  

   the 
  lepers, 
  though 
  the 
  institution 
  for 
  the 
  

   latter 
  leaves 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  desired. 
  

  

  My 
  next 
  point 
  of 
  venture 
  was 
  the 
  Ka- 
  

   lama 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Martaban 
  Hills, 
  where 
  

   the 
  natives 
  said 
  Kalaw, 
  or 
  Taraktogenos 
  

   Kurzii, 
  could 
  be 
  found. 
  So 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   preter, 
  cook, 
  and 
  boy 
  1 
  started 
  by 
  train 
  

   to 
  Paung, 
  on 
  the 
  road 
  between 
  Moulmein 
  

   and 
  Rangoon, 
  and 
  thence 
  by 
  bullock 
  cart 
  

   to 
  the 
  small 
  Kareni 
  village 
  of 
  Oktada. 
  

  

  To 
  avoid 
  mangy 
  dogs 
  and 
  ticks, 
  we 
  

   made 
  our 
  camp 
  under 
  an 
  old 
  mango 
  tree 
  

   on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  jungle, 
  despite 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  my 
  

   companions 
  swore 
  that 
  the 
  woods 
  were 
  in- 
  

   fested 
  with 
  tigers 
  and 
  other 
  wild 
  animals. 
  

   I 
  decided 
  to 
  sleep 
  under 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  my 
  

   men 
  arranged 
  themselves 
  around 
  my 
  cot. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  day 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  ex- 
  

  

  

  