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Elephants love to rest in the shade: as soon as work finishes for a rest period, they make for the big shrubs or shade of jungle trees. Jumbo is still superior to the tractor in the Siamese teak forest but the dog raetsmen have to beware of the forgman thief.: Twentieth century science still hasn't provided a better aid to Thailand's teak industry than Jumbo'. No modern tractor can weave so delicately between the trees and push or pull the heavy teak logs, each worth 3-400. But so valuable are the legs (a raft totals wood worth 40, 000) that today the danger is from thieves working in forgmen's suits who cut out a log underwater and float it away by night to cut-throat saw mills. Scores of logax are lost each season in this way from under the eyes of the craftsman who live a float in huts built on the floating logs. Each log when put into the river is marked in waterproof paint and stamped by the log man for identification. Thus a raft has a known content and thefts are ultimately discovered. to sali a huge log raft down river to Bangkok from the far north of Siam has taken as long as 5 years because of the rapids. But more normal shorter jouneys from the area where most wood comes take a few months, during the rainy season when the floods make the rivers high. in 1957, 50, 000 logs went to Bangkok by water, each averaging 150 years in age. 60% go to Hong Kong. Scandinavia take 30% and Japan 10% Main uses are for yacht decking, furniture etc. The Borneo Trading company is the oldest company in the area being more than 100 years old. The Company sees no pospect of mechandisation, preferring its elephants for the work. Each beast age and size. Some animals have been on the cards for 60 years. They work a 5 day week and have a few weeks off during rainly periods. With experience, the intah or rider scarcely need to give any orders. The lumbering elephant instincively knows what to do

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3-400 Averaging Bangkok Beware Borneo Craftsman Cut-throat Decking Delicately Discovered Elephants Experience Finishes Float Floods Hasnt Huts Identification Intah Jumbo Knows Logs Lumbering Need Normal Oldest Periods Preferring Provided Pull Push Raft Rainy Rapids Sali Scarcely Scores Sees Shade Shorter Shrubs Siam Siamese Superior Teak Thailands Thefts Thieves Thus Tractor Trading Ultimately Uses Valuable Waterproof Weave Worth

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