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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