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[[circled]]27[[/circled]]Another polecat was caught today, also 3 of the short tailed   I used  [[ivores?]] & several shrews & large 3 Epimys. I bagged a squirrel the common redbellied species & our Mohamaden hunter brought in a large black & white Hornbill. After dark a muntjac barked the first I have heard here. The sunset clear, the first day of [[strikethrough]]good[[/strikethrough]]clear weather we have had

[[circled]]28[[/circled]] Another fair dry day with a south-west wind favored us. The catch consisted of [[strikethrough]]two[[/strikethrough]] olive squirrels, chipmunks & short tailed Insectivore & one of the small flat skulled bats shot at the creek. The people who live here are Mohamadans & therefore keep no dogs or pigs. They have herds of buffaloe & a few zebu oxen but no other livestock. The country here is remarkably free from carnivorous [[ants??]] not a specimen has been eaten. Mosquitos are rare as well as biting flies. The soil had great deep holes in many

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Mohamadan - he skims the letters in the middle of this word but the word's definitely correct - see further down page.