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see it;however I saw the eyes of one some distance away so I took the lamp from Tambie and walked up until I cold see its body.  There was another one but it was back in the jungle.  I fired at the nearest one and It came with a rush straight at us until about four yards distant where it dropped.  We then walked north along the sandy beach & saw lots of tracks of deer, pigs & buffalo, but only got a plandok and a musung.  The musung was at the edge of the water when first I saw it but it climbed up a tree at the edge of the jungle from where it was shot; we saw several plandok.
March 16 - I had to wait about an hour for the tide to rise as the sampan was high & dry.  Skinned the dear on the stern of the boat and this was not easy as the boat was continually rolling.  Boega had over a fish line and got a bit; he waited with the spear & Tambie pulled on the line but could not draw the line in; it suddenly came up easy and we were surprised to get a half of a fish which was about 30 inches long.  It was easy to see that this fish had got the hook and then been grabbed by a larger fish which the men said was a shark.  We sailed all day and until after midnight;when we were within about a mile of the shore the mast broke ad was a nuisance to repair.  We were anchored north of Boengaloen River.

Monday, March 17, 1913.
Hoise sail at daybreak; we had dragged anchor during the hours we slept.  This has been another of those very hot days unbearable in the sun during the middle of the day, but nice always in the shade of the sail or below.