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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