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The Indian Forester September 1922

1922

Is it to avoid the heat the stinging flies the leeches and all the loathsome insects that seethe out in the rains and does the elephant like Homo Sapiens ha& hill stations for the hot and muggy seasons ? Once the pass is crossed the forest type abruptly Chang-es again and we journey through a land pre-eminently of conifers the homely English yew (Taxes baccata) the stately Tsuga (Tsuga Br [...] And that night to one accustomed to the seething swarming noisy life of the foothill forests of other parts of India where all night and every night resounds to the jungle calls to the alarm of the ever wakeful deer watching a prowling carnivore seeking his meat from God to the ringing cluck of the perpetual nightjar to the hoot of owls and the chirp of crickets the tremendous absolute silen [...] Next morning with joy we leave those gloomy heights and plunge down for mile on mile through the verdant forest of fern and orchid and giant tree and gloat over the roar of the mountain torrent the babble of the white crested laughing thrush and the ringing call of the barbette to whom his mate answers perpetually in gentler chorus. [...] And here in the afternoon is held the annual ceremony of the exchange of gifts between the Monbas and the British Raj. [...] This however does not affect the main idea of the experiment which is to show the comparative preservative powers of different containers the effect of altitude on the storage of coniferous seed and effect of storing in various conditions of temperature.
agriculture environment
Pages
80
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120200
Segment Pages Author Actions
In the Land of the Monbas
479-494 E.A. Smythies view
The Food Plants of Indian Forest Insects
494-500 C.F.C. Benson view
Cedrela Serrata Timber
501-502 M.R.K. Jerram view
Pinus Merkush
502-504 A. Rodger view
Storage of Conifer Seed
504-512 H. Trotter view
Silvicultural Notes
512-514 E.A. Smythies view
Reviews and Extracts
514-518 D.P.H. view
Rhino in Arakan
518-519 F.C. Purkis view
Domestic Occurrences
519-i unknown view
Indian Forester Trade Supplement September 1922
i-xxiii unknown view
Gazette Notifications
lxv-lxviii unknown view
List of Books and Publicatons Received by the Honorary Editor Durings the Months of July—August 1922
lxix-lxix unknown view

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