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grossbeak, a field finch, tree sparrow, yellow wagtail, common gray & black wagtail, large [[strikethrough]] small [[/strikethrough]] buffy weaver bird, sparrowhawk, olive naped Chickdee, 2 red backed shrikes (large & small) 1 vermiculated breasted shrike, a blue drogan & a hoopoo.
The new mafus came in the afternoon & tied up the loads.  Two of the large steel traps set for otters under the water of the pond were stolen today by boating parties.  All the Chinese are thieves apparently & steal all traps they find

(29) Our road lay down the center of the valley which we left at noon.  On every side were flooded rice fields or the gray-green of growing broad beans.  After tiffin the way led over brown hills of dry grass & a few straggling pine forests