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reputation for coldness & snobbery. Many of the men I have met are Indian army officers from Mesopotamia. One of these is Maj. Whitmore who has spent many years in Burma on the Salween lumbering teak. He speaks Shan, Burmese & many other tribal languages. He has also been in Upper Assam where he has shot Tapin. 7 Visited the Zoo again at 5 P.M. An attendant at the Tiger house stroked some of the tigers & leopards while others flew at him when he approached close to their bars. The tame ones were like kittens & fond of stroking. The [[?Kariondo]] cranes danced for us as well as the great gray ones.