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by the direct foot-road tliroiigh the forest. The only sound 

 which disturbed the woods was the " Kang-kang-hong" of the 

 " bird of the rainy season," as the native has named a species 

 which disappears or is silent during the dry monsoon— a bird 

 I could never catch a sight of, however, notwithstandin^r mv 



most wary stalking. 



