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was flushed but escaped. In the morning I saw a flock of jungle fowl at the edge of a field. There were 2 cocks & several hens but they flew away into the tall grass & trees when I fired. Their notes are clucking affairs like the barn yard fowl, the ♂ of plum deep rufous & the hens blackish. During the afternoon we were visited by a thunder-shower.
[[circled left]] 23 [[/circled left]] All of the Shans thruout this country chew beetle-nut. Both men & women have the habit. Their mouths are stained dark red & they expectorate a blood red liquid. The palm which produces the nut I have not seen growing here. A few days go I saw them building one of their houses which are two stories, the upper part being a sleeping room as it is dry & cool. At noon they had the pullars [[sic]] up & by night it was finished & thatched, most of it was