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In my bedroom I later saw five others on the wooden walls. A large fire beetle enters the house also, the insect being a giant of a dark brown, dome shaped carapace 1½ inches in diameter. It gives out much light from under its wing cases when flying about ½ candle power I should estimate.
[[circled left]] 11 [[/circled left]] [[strikethrough]] For [[/strikethrough]] At tiffin I tasted the jack fruit a close ally of the bread fruit & a member of the same order as the mulberry & fig. The name is [[underline]] Artocarpus [[underline]] integrifolia. The tree has heavy green foliage & makes good shade but is small sized. The fruit grows close to the trunk & is nearly as