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(Yung-Kang) = Alt. 3000 feet. Chen-Kang magistrate resides. Just as we arrived a light rain began to fall so we made camp in a sort of temple in the village. For the past 3 days we have met several small caravans bring bales of raw cotton covered by matting from the south. [[circled]] 5 [[/circled]] The rain continued all night in [[strikethrough]] a [[strikethrough]] sort of continuous showers. The post office name for this town is Yung-Kang but neither of these names are on Davies' map. The magistrate was away on the border detecting Opium smugglers & raisers of poppies. His secretary however did the courtesies of the office. In some of the shops a lot of dried (headless & footless) Sambar skins were found. Some were gray like waterbuck, others red like muntjac. They are said to come from farther south near the border in low