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be detected. Before 9 P.M. I had a new rat a long tailed, long eared species with long hind legs for jumping, somewhat Tapirs like in general build & coloration as well. During the afternoon I shot a gorgeous little sun-bird having a violet tail, yellow rump, carmine back, greenish olive neck & amethist gorget. A brillant cardinal & black shrike was also secured. We have met several parties of Shans & their caravans of mules & horses. Their women continued to have bound feet & the men are dressed in blue serge like the Chinese coolies. Only a few of them talk Chinese & their villages are with Chinese residents as a rule. Nearly all of them carry muzzle loading percussion cap guns with short barrels no doubt for defense rather than game gathering. The whole country on this Salween-Mekong divide is park like & [[strikethrough]] ch [/strikethrough]] pleasant. The Shans have rather swarthy color &