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in the ^ [[Shan]] state of Keng-wa & is quite Indian in its coinage the rupee being the only accepted coin by the Shan population.  Last night about 11 P.M. we were visited by a violent thunder & storm, accompanied by sheet rain & strong wind.  This storm lasted about 3 hrs. & came up very suddenly, the ^ [[early]] evening being cloudless & the morning clear altho clouds appeared again soon after sunrise.
[[circled]] 14 [[/circled]] The native hunters failed to appear again but in the afternoon we went out & beat over a few bushy hills with one mafus without however flushing any game.  The traps set on the Sambar trail caught no game.  The small traps yielded no new species.  The commonest forest tree is a large laurel leaved one which produces an acorn like nut covered by a large burry covering.  Many of these nuts & covers were found under rocks 

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Sambar: the writing admittedly does not closely resemble 'Sambar', but he uses the same phrase one or two entries earlier, so it's the best candidate.