APPENDICES. 
List of Trees^ Creepers^ etc., on which Elephants browse and which 
are supposed by Burmans to possess sundry medicinal properties. 
Burmese Name. 
Vernacular. 
Scientific. 
Remarks. 
Nyaung iBanyan) ,,. 
ooo§so5 
Tha-pan 
or 
Ficus glomerata 
1 Most of the species of " ficus " 
! are eaten by elephants and 
1 are considered to have a cons- 
1 tipating effect 
Ye-tha-pan 
r- 
Ficus lanceolata 
J 
Sin-tha-pan 
00CCX)O^8 
Ficus Roxburghii 
Leaves readily eaten. Considered 
constipating 
Okhne 
Streblus aspera 
Said to be useful in flatulence 
Than -that 
ooooco 
natum 
! n-d d . 
\ diuretics 
Pauk-nwai 
Gola5&o5 
Butea parviflora 
1 
) 
Kyu-bin 
oq)|[o5 
Terminalia citrina 
Pai-kwai 
Doh-nwai 
OGg^oS 
1 Eagerly sought after by ele- 
^ phants, but it is stated that if 
j the sap gets into an ele- 
] phant's eyes it causes opacity 
Sha-bauk-nwai 
Butea superba 
1 
; 
Su-b6k 
Acacia concinna rugata 
Stated to cause congestion of the 
liver 
{See Part I, page 20,) 
Appendix F. — Breeding. 
Mr. Dalgliesh of the Borneo Company, Chieng-Mai, kindly sent 
me some interesting notes on this subject : — 
[a) A male transport elephant, Pu-Tat, tried to mount Me- 
Oong while on the march, but was prevented from doing so. After 
the load was removed from Me-Oong however, he promptly crossed 
her, the congress lasting some two minutes. On moving away 
from her another bull, Pu-Ek, tried to jump her but failed. He 
thereupon chased Pu-Tat but fell down before reaching him. He 
got up, returned to Me-Oong and crossed her successfully, the 
congress lasting some three minutes. The female remained 
perfectly quiet the whole time and made no attempt to move away 
from either of the bulls ; she did not appear to be on heat nor did 
she utter any sound, and as far as could be seen did not court their 
attentions in any way. Pu-Ek was miisth at the time, but Pa-Tat 
