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we have been having, it was not too uncomfortable in the prahn to work; therefore I sent Tambie & Boega for water while Ah Sing & I worked on the specimens. However, as soon as the tide began to fall, the prahn swung side to the sea & rolled so that in half an hour Ah Sing was sea-sick and of no use. As the tide continued falling, the rolling increased until the water was too shallow for the waves to have any effect. When the tide rose again & it had stopped raining, we got the prahn into the mouth of the river where all was as quiet as could be.

About 8:00 P.M., I heard a deer call, so told Boega to get ready the jack lamp and we would walk along the shore to the east and try and get a shot at something; if not a deer, possibly a pig or musung or something else. The tide was still well up so we had lots of log jumping but got a mouse deer and a small green snake with long fangs which struck at the light as I approached. After two hours we returned and crossed the stream and went to the westward; we had to keep in the water in order to walk as here there was very little sandy space. Just as I came out of the water, I saw the eye of an animal about 70 yards ahead; it was a crocodile on the edge of the shore & did not even struggle when I shot; we dragged it above high water mark and continued entering the jungle; a few yards further on I came face to face with a pig. I waited until it turned its head to one side & then shot it in the shoulder. It fell over like a log. It was a fully adult female. From the pig we turned to go back to the river through the jungle and had gone but a few steps when I shot a plandok and about ten minutes more, I got a shot at a big doe which also dropped in its tracks.

As a matter of habit when I am near the water I am continually