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Potpongui also asserts that the smaller mammals are now very rare and that one has to go way into the interior or into the mountains to find either [[underlined]] [[Spermophiles?]][[/underlined]] or [[underlined]]f [[Arctomys?]] [[/underlined]].
Waiting as we do for the company's [[sh?]] from Vladivostock before the arrival of which we cannot visit, and also not yet knowing whether we can clear from this part without having all the skins aboard taking the rest on the island it is impracticable to leave the immediate vicinity of the vessel.
In the afternoon made several visits up-town, to [[Sandelin?]], Mr. Partz and finally
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