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National Geographic : 1919 Jul
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A HUNTER OF PLANTS "Tremendous for est fires rage at times, and so we traveled sometimes for days through burned areas. A pitiful sight it is, but in these areas one can see the sun and the sky- a thing which is well nigh impossible in the unburned for est. "To explore the primeval forest is simply impossible. There is generally only one trail through it, and as soon as one leaves it he is in the entan glement of vines, fallen and dead trees, undergrowth, peat - bogs, mud holes, and heaven knows what else. "Traffic is exceed ingly light - some days we didn't see a single man or beast-and food is not to be found; neither is water, except at a few places. A "There is an aw ful gloom in these How the packages o forests; birds ae He packed them with forests; birds are long distance and the seldom seen or to pieces. This is par heard, and the qui- made in Chinese Turk. etude is almost op pressive. Even the drivers of the horses come under the spell of the solitude, and our caravan proceeded in silence, except for the noise of breaking branches of trees and the sound of the horses' hoofs touching rocks or tree stumps in the track. In some places a monarch of the forest had fallen across one's trail, and then we had to make wide detours to keep clear of it." This is a letter from Tai an fu, Shan tung, China: "Yesterday I returned from a hurried PLANT HUNTER'S HAUL f seeds and cuttings used to come in from Meyer. great care, sewing each package in cloth, but the rough handling generally tore the outer wrapping t of a collection of rare specimens which Meyer estan. trip to Feitcheng, bringing back with me eight grafted trees of the famous Fei peach. "We had much trouble in getting these peaches, as the people demanded the most fabulous prices; for instance, $40 and $50 per tree. My interpreter, through some diplomatic dealings, got a plot con taining eight trees for $40, but we had to leave Feitcheng hurriedly, because the relatives of the man who sold to him had not been consulted and they wanted to take the trees back or destroy them
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