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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 tree, tree
with great pale green
oval leaves a foot long by six
wide. The trunk is smooth
& reddish brown in color.
There were also growing in
the garden Sal or Shorea trees.
These are the chief teak 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 Salveon teak cutting
by this company.