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was too dark to see rifle sights well so I stalked close when one returned to the water & the other sneaked away on land & was not seen again.  I was surprised that they paid no heed to the noise of bat shooting. The had evidently just come down ^[[to]] the river at this point for a swim.

[[circled]] 24 [[/circled]] Friday broke misty but without rain.  We broke camp & crossed the river on the bamboo raft which made six trips to get the 25 loads over.  The mules & horses swam over in a close bunch & landed well up the river being strong swimmers.  It took us 2 hours to climb up the very steep sides of the valley.  At noon we stopped for tiffin [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] amid a pine forest at about 5000 feet.  At the summit of the valley rim the country was rolling & mountainous in every