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fog is prevalent on the river at this season
The rain continued all day & made the trip cool & prevented the glare off the water. At 4 P.M. I saw a ♂ peacocks [[sic]] on the beach 150 yds away which did not seem very wild. The engineer said he saw them often here also spotted deer & jungle fowls. We anchored at a village for the night some 3 hours above Mandalay. Very few mosquitos or biting flies have annoyed us
[[circled left]] 18 [[/circled left]] At 9:30 A.M. we dropped anchor at Mandalay. The day was cloudy & pleasant many steamers were seen here