﻿HUNTING 
  THE 
  CHAULMOOGRA 
  TREE 
  

  

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  ploring 
  the 
  hills. 
  The 
  mountains 
  rise 
  

   abruptly 
  from 
  the 
  plain, 
  are 
  strewn 
  with 
  

   huge 
  boulders, 
  and 
  are 
  intersected 
  by 
  

   numerous 
  rocky 
  creeks 
  on 
  whose 
  banks 
  

   grows 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Hydnocarpus, 
  later 
  

   identified 
  as 
  H. 
  castanea, 
  and 
  called 
  by 
  

   the 
  natives 
  Kalaw, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  

   long 
  - 
  sought 
  - 
  for 
  Taraktogenos 
  Kurzii. 
  

   The 
  seeds 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  trees 
  are 
  so 
  similar 
  

   that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  tell 
  them 
  

   apart 
  were 
  it 
  not 
  for 
  the 
  double 
  testa 
  of 
  

   the 
  former. 
  

  

  IN 
  THE 
  HAUNTS 
  OE 
  TIGERS 
  

  

  I 
  made 
  a 
  last 
  trip 
  into 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  

   Oktada 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Shwaloo, 
  my 
  

   interpreter, 
  was 
  correct 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  tigers, 
  for 
  there 
  were 
  fresh 
  tracks 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  our 
  camp 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  ridge. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  before 
  the 
  

   big 
  cat 
  had 
  stalked 
  over 
  the 
  sandy 
  trail 
  to 
  

   his 
  haunts 
  in 
  the 
  dense, 
  low, 
  bamboo 
  for- 
  

   est, 
  which 
  we 
  had 
  to 
  penetrate 
  in 
  a 
  bent 
  

   position 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  Kalaw 
  trees. 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  our 
  rambles 
  for 
  three 
  days 
  we 
  

   found 
  only 
  one 
  tree 
  with 
  some 
  170 
  ma- 
  

   ture 
  fruits, 
  which 
  I 
  secured 
  and 
  the 
  seeds 
  

   of 
  which 
  I 
  forwarded 
  to 
  America, 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  now 
  growing. 
  Although 
  the 
  

   seeds 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  chem- 
  

   ically 
  examined, 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  they 
  

   contain 
  the 
  same 
  active 
  constituents 
  as 
  

   the 
  genuine 
  Chaulmoogra. 
  

  

  Determined 
  to 
  secure 
  Taraktogenos 
  

   Kurzii, 
  I 
  left 
  for 
  Rangoon 
  to 
  inquire 
  of 
  

   the 
  government 
  forest 
  office 
  whether 
  any 
  

   of 
  its 
  staff 
  knew 
  where 
  the 
  tree 
  could 
  be 
  

   found. 
  The 
  upper 
  Chindwin 
  District 
  

   was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  genuine 
  

   Chaulmoogra 
  tree. 
  So 
  I 
  started 
  once 
  

   more 
  with 
  a 
  Madrassi 
  cook 
  and 
  a 
  Mo- 
  

   hammedan 
  boy, 
  this 
  time 
  by 
  train, 
  for 
  

   Amarapura, 
  where 
  we 
  crossed 
  the 
  Irra- 
  

   waddy 
  to 
  Sagaing, 
  and 
  thence 
  by 
  train 
  

   over 
  a 
  semi-desert 
  region 
  to 
  dusty, 
  dirty 
  

   Monywa, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Chindwin 
  River. 
  

  

  MO.NYWA, 
  TOWN 
  OF 
  DUST 
  AND 
  FLIES 
  

  

  Monywa, 
  what 
  a 
  dreadful 
  place 
  ! 
  Dust, 
  

   dust, 
  dust, 
  several 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  the 
  

   bullock 
  carts 
  conveying 
  my 
  luggage 
  from 
  

   the 
  railway 
  station 
  to 
  the 
  Shillong, 
  a 
  trim 
  

   stern-wheeler, 
  were 
  hardly 
  visible 
  in 
  the 
  

   alkaline 
  clouds 
  stirred 
  up 
  by 
  clumsy 
  feet. 
  

   Kalaw 
  seed 
  is 
  here 
  sold 
  in 
  the 
  bazaars, 
  

   but 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  it 
  came 
  down 
  "from 
  

   the 
  north." 
  

  

  *tf 
  

  

  SHE 
  S 
  RAISING 
  HER 
  SON 
  TO 
  RE 
  AX 
  ACTOR 
  

  

  This 
  child, 
  whose 
  mother 
  is 
  a 
  Siamese 
  and 
  

   whose 
  father 
  is 
  a 
  Chinese, 
  wears 
  the 
  head- 
  

   gear 
  of 
  a 
  Siamese 
  Thespian 
  (see 
  also 
  p. 
  245). 
  

  

  The 
  bazaar 
  is 
  a 
  living 
  entomological 
  col- 
  

   lection. 
  Never, 
  not 
  even 
  in 
  Egypt, 
  have 
  

   I 
  seen 
  flies 
  so 
  numerous. 
  They 
  cover 
  

   the 
  conical 
  piles 
  of 
  brown 
  sugar 
  spread 
  

   out 
  on 
  mats 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  

  

  