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RUBBER PLANTING IN CEYLON 
the fire once got into some thousands of acres of his sago, and although 
he had five hundred men of his own and nine hundred lent him by the 
sultan, they were weeks in getting it under. He had, bv the way, some 
hundreds of acres of Ceara rubber which were also destroyed. 
There is little Cast ill oa planted in Selangor. I saw a little on Low- 
lands, which bled freely, but the planters do not care for it, as they 
believe that either the Hevea or the Ficus is superior. The latter tree 
is or course a native of this land, and grows to great size. There are 
VIEW ON THE PLANTATION OF THE SELANGOR RUBBER CO.., FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 
[‘‘Hevea” planted April, igoo.] 
reports of as much as one hundred pounds being taken from a single 
tree. Ten-year-old trees are said to produce froin twelve to fifteen 
pounds. 
The time came all too soon for me to say goodbye to the Baileys, 
whose generous hospitality I shall always remember, and the following 
forenoon saw me in a sampan headed for the Sappho , which lay far out 
in the river. I got aboard finally, and was greeted by Captain Foster 
like a long lost friend. The voyage back to Singapore was uneventful, 
the sea being perfectly smooth, and the temperature bearable. 
