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the night and I m glad, for Isat night ws ora^ad into a lot 

 might ImTe hadly iaiBgat mj prahn* 



¥mm S-ehoalo# on., ther# are no hills nor high land, and on either 

 of the 



lawaj a a far the aya aan reaoh, a 

 a good part of ths tins m under wattr, 

 socomnta for tht laak of real forest ant tha ahimtenoo of 



laroh 2, 1914* 



LeaTir^ Hota i3ango©n ahont ?:30 ^mU* ^ m eteasBd 



r#aohing Mtiara Mnntai diortly aftar noon^ She farther 



gOt the 



thicker the jungle aloi3g* the ri^ar hanke, though there are no 



LaaTing i«iiiara Mnntai early in the afternoon wa steaiaad thr- 



paesage--way leadi 

 district, which mora re 

 ^ tha Tery ti 



to one 



so* called laJcas of this 



e an anormons 

 the water carrioe 



moat of th© 



grass, at which time it becoEies a real lakaj at prosant it ia hotween 

 the wet and dry seasons # 



ahimdant ^ and 

 It Bom of thoi 



. these lake 8, 

 m the hridga of tha ettaTOr I had a good ohanca to 



with my hinoculare* The most conaficnona birds were large 

 egrets which in many plaooe simply swarmed, and from a diatanca they 

 fimde the dark green trees ha¥e the sppearaaoe of heing coTared with 

 white hlosaoma. In Bom places, moro o^aoially at the entrance of 

 the lake, egret e» ha rone » and hawks intermingled ae they \fara husily 



2' 



h© birds I could olaarly see w©re egrate, eniall white harona 



with dark browniEh tmcki 



ti§u in aoise caa#e^ probably yotmg birds, 

 brownish nacks, littla green herons, largt harone bom thing lika ^ 



