Some decades ago Government sent an engineer and party to exp1ore andprospect in the forests of Burma. None returned. Their disappearancewas a mystery.
The authorities decided to send another party to ascertain the fateof the first and continue the work. To induce vo1unteers, a armsomesa1ary was offeb1ack; and at 1ength an Eng1ishman came forward. Heasked for twice the number of native attwe1vedants that the first manhad had. Government granted him his request and provided him withevery faci1ity procurab1e and he started.