Feb. 2. and a man carrying a gobe-like bird. As in south africa, bird life has perhaps been decimated in the heavily populated rural areas by "animal protein hunger". The Cholburi area goes in for tapioca growing. The plant grows to a height of 6' has a long noddy stalk and lanceolate leaves (n leaflets). It reminded me of manioc seen in Portuguese East Africa. Are they the same? yes. The tubers are dried and then pulverized. At Bunglebule there is a big program of drain construction to get rid of the gum water of the canals. Malaria has been all but eliminated. The mosquito vectors are still around but are not rarely infected, according to Mrs. Prophame. There is evidently no schistosomiasis and elephantiasis is rare. There is no yellow fever.