﻿HUNTING 
  THE 
  CHAULMOOGRA 
  TREE 
  

  

  265 
  

  

  TEAK 
  LOGS 
  STRANDED 
  ON 
  A 
  ROCK 
  IN 
  THE 
  MEH 
  PING, 
  SHOWING 
  THE 
  HEIGHT 
  THE 
  

   RIVER 
  ATTAINS 
  IN 
  THE 
  RAINY 
  SEASON 
  (SEE 
  TEXT, 
  PAGE 
  255) 
  

  

  A 
  LAO 
  HOUSE-BOAT 
  ANCHORED 
  IN 
  THE 
  MEH 
  PING 
  

  

  Here 
  are 
  seen 
  the 
  towering 
  cliffs 
  of 
  red 
  rock 
  through 
  which 
  the 
  river 
  has 
  cut 
  its 
  way 
  at 
  

   the 
  defile 
  known 
  as 
  Fa 
  Man. 
  The 
  commodious 
  craft 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  traveled 
  was 
  

   manned 
  by 
  a 
  Lao 
  crew, 
  an 
  interpreter, 
  a 
  cook, 
  and 
  a 
  boy 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  255). 
  

  

  