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border.  At 8 A.M. after breakfast with Clive we took the [[strikethrough]]Ma-li[[/strikethrough]] Ma-li-lin road running N.E. to another [[strikethrough]] town [[/strikethrough]] village of this name.  We passed many natives coming to market with loads of grain, vegetables, etc.  Capt. Clive says that serow & muntjac occur in the hills but he has never heard of tigers or leopards near the Station.  Sambar are lacking as are also monkeys of any sort.  Altitude of station 3600 feet.  Rock white limestone weathering gray.  Soil bright red clay.  Rainy season starts middle of June & lasts to October.  None of the natives of Burma territory are allowed to carry guns as in Chinese territory where every traveller is armed.  Clive told us he took the guns away as soon as he located them.  The name Ma-li-pa applies to a large species of tree.  One of these trees with spreading crown & dark green leaves stood near