When the jungles are in this state, the elk is at a disadvantage, as the immense exertion required to break his way through this mass soon fatigues him, and forces him to come to bay.
Every seven years this 'nillho' blossoms.

The jungles are then neither more nor less than vast bouquets of bright purple and white flowers; the perfume is delicious, and swarms of bees migrate from other countries to make their harvest of honey.

The quantity collected is extraordinary.
The bee-hunters start from the low country, and spend weeks in the jungle in collecting the honey and wax.

When looking over an immense tract of forest from some elevated point, the thin blue lines of smoke may be seen rising in many directions, marking the sites of the bee-hunters fires.

Their method of taking the honey is simple enough.
The bees' nests hang from the boughs of the trees, and a man ascends with a torch of green leaves, which creates a dense smoke.