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[Vol. VIIL 
on all sides by dense evergreen forest known as “ Myaingtaw.” From 
June to September tbe evergreen jungle is flooded to a depth of 4-7 feet, 
leaving the patch of teak as an island. Soil a reddish clayey-loam, badly 
eroded. Stand. The predominant species in the Myaingtaw are Xan- 
thophyllum jlavescens, Elaeocarpus grandiflorus, and Coccoceras plicatum. 
In the sample plot teak forms about 90 per cent of the crop ; the trees 
vary in age and in girth from 1' to 5 ; , with a few trees of Albizzia 
procera, Miliusa velutina, Wrightia tomentosa, Denis robust a, Homalium 
tomentosum, Cratoxylon prunifolium, Vitex sp. and Grewia, sp. 
Undergrowth very sparse, principally of Clerodendron , thetke and 
canes, and annual shoots of the following climbers, Acacia pennata, 
Harrisonia Bennettii , Dalbergia volubilis, Spatholobus Roxburghii and 
Dioscorea sp., Bamboos absent. 
Past History .—The past history of the forest is difficult to ascertain. 
The neighbouring Wapyudaung Reserve was notified and settled between 
1909 and 1913. Most of the riverine villages are of recent origin, but 
taungya-cutting families were settled near the plot at least 20 years ago 
(one of the trees analysed bears dah cuts made in 1885 at 3 feet above 
ground). 
It is probable that the patch of teak and several similar patches 
originated on abandoned cultivation. The trees analysed are mainly 
about 42 years old, some obvious stool shoots, but the larger trees are 
much older. As regards fires local tradition says that the area was 
originally covered with dense grass growth, but annual fires have des¬ 
troyed it, and reduced the shrubs and climber growth to a negligible 
quantity. Annual fires have certainly occurred for many years past 
and have been accompanied by heavy denudation. Some of the logs 
cut on sloping ground by Mr. Villar in April, 1916, lay nearly an inch 
above the surrounding soil in June, 1919. 
1916. In 1916 emergence holes were located at heights up to 55 
feet on 87 trees out of 998 in the plot. The distribution of the attack 
was not uniform, but occurred in 3 areas of different intensity, viz .:— 
Section. 
Trees with 
Emergence Holes. 
Total Number 
of trees. 
I 
P rcentage of 
Trees Attacked. 
1 
27 
185 
14-6 
2 
5 
330 
1-5 
3 
52 
483 
10-76 
Whole Area 
00 
998 
8-4 
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