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jackal, a small cat & a mongoose crossed in front of us. During the day we had several little rain showers. (21) At noon we left the Dak Bungalow & motored over to Asansol, a larger station on the railroad. Here we took tiffin at 2 P.M. in the station house & then made camp in the dak bungalow. The country here is rolling slightly like our prairies & the rice fields are terraced to agree with the slope. The chief industry here is coal mining. The coal is bituminous of good quality & not far below the surface. There is also a porous iron ore here like bog iron which is mined. The collieries are all managed by British, the