AND THE MALAY STATES 
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that had matured more slowly had produced latex as good and abundant 
as had the others. The Castilloa had proved itself more tender than 
he could wish, and the general sentiment among the planters was that 
it would not be as profitable a venture. Speaking of rainfall at Pera- 
deniva, they could always reckon upon ninety inches cpiite well distrib- 
uted. Labor, of course, is very cheap, ten cents a day being the regular 
wage, shelter being furnished, but not food or clothing. 
As an incident to this visit, I walked over the gardens, by well-kept 
roads, shaded by magnificent trees, and visited the “hot house” for 
orchids. As there is also a tea factory near the gardens, Mr. Willis 
RUBBER TREES KILLED BY FLOOD. 
[Part of a Forest Department Hevea plantation in a valley sub- 
ject to flood, showing the way in which the flooded trees died.] 
was good enough to take me through that, and show me every process, 
the plucking, withering, rolling, drying, sorting, and packing, all of 
which was most interesting. After taking leave of Director Willis and 
his good wife, Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers, and all who had made my stay 
so pleasant, I took the train for Kandy, four miles away, where I planned 
to spend the afternoon with a steamer friend, and do a bit of sightseeing. 
As I waited for the train, I was conscious of careful inspection on the 
part of a man near me. He was a nice, well-fed, self-satisfied old gentle- 
man, who sat by my side in one of the three cane-seated chairs that 
stand on the depot platform for the use of the white patrons of the rail- 
road. 
