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low & ending in a howl ^[[somewhat]] like the spotted hyaena but much louder & clearer. The call can be heard a mile or two & is uttered only in the morning from dawn until noon. The Shan hunter went bare limbed thru the viny thorny underbrush
His legs were tatooed down to the knees heavily & [[strikethrough]]from[[/strikethrough]]below the knees with a few stray figures. About his waist was a girdle of elephants tatooed. Poisonous snakes I suppose are rare or this method of travel would not be popular or safe. The woods are everywhere overgrown by small vines [[strikethrough]]lik[[/strikethrough]] ^[[which]] entangle the feet but large creepers are not often seen. At a mudhole in the forest I saw a few Sambar tracks & later saw some others on a forested hillside. The rootings of a herd of wild hogs was seen in many places & looked very fresh. A few muntjac tracks were also seen. No dung or beds of any of these animals