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The Shans who live here are hunters & offered to guide us to Sambar, boar muntjac & leopard. Neither tigers or buffaloes occur here they told us. 
[[circled left]] 21 [[/circled left]] Some of the resident Shans (12 men) went out driving with A but nothing of big game was seen. The traps caught several large Pachyuras & house rats.
[[circled left]] 22 [[/circled left]] We had better success today & caught a large new Epimys & a new large insectivore like the one of Mucheng & A caught a polecat. At noon Woo called me out to witness a large civet cat eating out of the cook pans at the kitchen & shot the animal which proved to be a ♂ in lean condition & probably sick which may account for its boldness. A monkey was also seen while driving game & one Sambar

Transcription Notes:
sambar = Rusa unicolor, a species of deer