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again but there was so much surface water standing near that we did not dare wade thru it to the trunk. I saw many fine teak trees labelled in the garden. They are a large erect tree with great pale green oval leaves a foot long by 6 inches wide. The trunk is smooth & wood brown in color. There were also growing in the garden Sal or Shorea trees. These are the chief terai tree. They have rather large leaves & a rough bark. The Bombay Burma Trading Co. are the chief teak shippers of Burma & all their managers are college men. Major Whitmore was employed on the Salween teak cutting by the company.