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April 14, 1914 ♦ 

 laham» 



About E:00 f#M# ^ up atraaia wi % two %mlc "boyB aM oross to 

 the other side of the tIwt and himt hack from tM riTer for about 

 two milee^ following th8 ridge of a mall range of hills; shoot a 

 aompla of aqiiirrola# fa had rettirnad to tte ri¥er and gotten into 

 the oanoe whin m heard an aniiml growl; at first I thoiight it oana 

 from a dog hut in a momaiit it growls d again k tt©- all thought it was 

 m ti#ar eo I olimhod ashore and followed Mt oould not catch eight of 

 it so wandored alon^ the side of the hill* Of a emdden I was amr*" 

 prieed to hear a rtiBtling of the undorhruah and had Juet timo to 

 put a shell loaded M.th huokehot back into the gun ^an th# bear 

 appeared and was coming in my direction about thirty feet from m; 

 I shot with the buck shot but as it did not drop I him thB 



othtr barrel m^ith number four shot; after that ha onl^r went a few 

 paces and dropped* I oallod the %ak boys itio had been in the , 

 canoe; th^ wars surprised and delighted that I had gotten a bear 

 for thof ware rerf nuch mfraid of it« Thm DyaJca of the kampong 

 hore say this speciiwn is ©xtrei^ly largo ^ (110 lbe# ) 



April li, 1914* 

 Iiahaiii.« 



Yesterday and last night there me no rain and tha riirer has 

 gone down sa-Toral feet; perhapa by day after ttj-norrow wt can ©tart 

 for Long Ira® if thor© ia not a great deal sore rain* 



April 16, lfl4t 

 Lahaii# 



first thing this morning, Jok, a %sk boy^ brought two pigmy 

 squirrels (one lf#SxiHs) and about fiTe o'clock this afternoon, " 

 another boy brought Bom smll bats ifith rather long tails which 



