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[[circled left]] 10 [[/circled left]] I spent a quiet Sunday at the Circuit House. The government offices were all closed but the shops in the town were open & also the market. In the afternoon I took a garry & rode out to a village 5 miles away on the Teng yueh road. Here a tiger trapper lives. When we arrived the headman showed me a no 5 bear trap with offset jaws weighing about 15lbs which he uses for catching tiger. At the present time he said no tigers were about but when [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] any come & kill cattle he sets the trap for them & has caught 5 tigers by this means. The skins are