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ble in shape. Poles are also used when near the shore but the depth a few feet away from the bank is too great for poles.  No rapids occur here & the stream has a current of only about 2 miles an hour.  The water is clear & cold, 60% Fah.  The rock formation is largely black shale & slate with some limestone & the soil on hillsides is red clay.

[[circled left]] 19[[/circled left]] The rat traps produced only 2 species of large Epimys like those already secured at Man-ka.  The olive or red bellied squirrel of Yun-nan-fu was also common here.

[[circled left]] 20 [[/circled left]] I went pea-fowl shooting down the river with A.  We saw an old ♂ on a sandy point at the edge of the bush but he got away at 150 yds & we saw him no more nor any others altho we waited [[strikethrough]] unt [[/strikethrough]] from 5 P.M. to sun-set.  Peafowl call daily on the west side of the river during the cool morning & again at dusk.  Whenever we 

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