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the tail being less than the cat’s height at the shoulder and less than 
half its body length. 
Some years ago Mr. Irwin obtained a fair-sized cat of uniform 
colour in the jungle north of the railway line east of Ban Pong, 
and which was probably the Golden or Bay Cat ( Felis temminch ). 
A Palm Civet ( Parudowurus hermapiroditus ) came to my camp 
kitchen three times within an hour and a half one night, L lying in a 
chair within 10 yards. On the first two occasions it was chased away 
by a dog, and on the third it was shot. The object of its visit was a 
Chinese I’rancolin, 
The jackal is more frequently heard than seen; personally L 
have only seen young antimals, but a fairly good skin of what appears 
to be an adult was shot by Mr. Butler in the Pran district. 
The red Hunting Dog (Cyon rutilans ) oecurs over the whole 
district and appears to come down to the open country in the rains, 
probably following the Sambar. It is curions to note that the Siam- 
ese have a similar theory to that held by the natives of India as to the 
hunting methods of this species and, to quote Blanford, “ It is be- 
“lieved that the urine of these animals is excessively acrid, that they 
“sprinkle with it the bushes through which they drive their prey, 
“and then rush upon the latter when blinded by the pungent fluid. 
“Another version is that they jerk the urine into their victim’s eyes 
“with their tails.” 
The child-like footprint of the Malay bear I have frequently 
seen on the hills, as also his wood-boring operations in search of honey. 
The big Bamboo Rat (Rh. suwmatrensis), 19 in. long, digs a 
burrow on the hill sides but probably is not common, as I have seen 
only two; andthe biggest of the rodents—the Porenpine ( //ystrix 
hengalensis )—is generally distributed. 
Of the Ungulates, a herd of wild elephants were found this year, 
in August, only one day’s march west of Ratburi, and they are 
generally distributed, moving about according to season. They feed 
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largely on the big leaved bambco (iuwin) and break down two or 
three culms together—the bambcos snapping with loud reports. 
Rhinoceros and Tapir occasionally visit this class of jungle during the 
rains; but the Sladang (nsiia) remains in the more open jungle 
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throughout the year, as dees the QQ uy, which I have not yet seen but 
