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is gently rolling hills webbed
with small streams and marshy
spots. In many placese there still
exists good dense jungle with
native teak, but in some
areas the forest is being replaced
with teak trees. Rice fields are
here & there scattered among
the patches of forest are plantation.
Rain fell frequently in heavy
downpours, followed by clear,
sunny periods with high
humidity. Direct collecting was
good both day and night.

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STOP 4 - E. Pakistan
BARAIYADHALA
FOREST RES.
150 ft. 1X-21-61
400 specimens

Baraiyadhala is one of the
finest accessible natural areas
we visited in East Pakistan.
There is a comfortale rest home,
reachable by road, at the foot
of a substantial range of hills on
the Burma side of the [flantlands?]

These hills are webbed with
trails; one excellent collecting
track leads right up into the
forest from the forestry bunglalow.
Most net & log material was
taken alon this trail. The jungle
is practically intact, excepting
bamboo butting by the hill tribes,
etc, and consists of a wide
variety of tall trees, vines, and
large bamboo, with an understory
of [herbery?] or bread-leaves
[strike?], cycads, ferns, wild
begonia, etc. Epiphyte growth
is extensive on trunks & branches.
The weather was hot and humid,
with frequent heavy showers,
terminating the monsoon season.

Black light collecting was
good; the light drew from
the hills not far away, and
from the flat rice paddy land
on all other sides.