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fort J jarde alBad of ub; it disappeared "banaath the water and a 

 moment later oam© to tin etirfaoa about fifteen f@©t from ub and we 

 ' were drifti% directly twards it* I shook the iMmp Ibirt as it did 

 not diTa^ I piaked tip the shotgun with my right hand and firad; thi 

 top of its head and tte end of its nom were the oalj parts ahove 

 the siirfaoe of tim water sad I si^d for th© top of the haad whioh 

 was about fiT# feet fro® the bM. of %e It was a large epeoi- 



man mM mdt an awful splash sM its hselc hit Uie bottom of the ^mm 

 fha m^athar has ha an -flm aiti. clear m& the aighfc is clear bmA 



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April 28, 1914* 



Snugai D Jamha Jan , "Lombma** • 



With the fifty rat traps set yesterday* get one Tupaia md one 



rst^ the lattor spoiled by ante* %oot s pair of proboeois monkeys 



and mm^ sfmirrolst S#t mbomt eighty mor^ rat traps aM Bom large 



trape ♦ 



fter@ wuB a sqimll this afteimoon with Bom wind aiA blaok 

 olouds, bmt no r^n; otherwise a fine d^« 



April 29, 1914 • 



Sungai Djamba Jsn,**L0inbii8*%^ 



Shis mornine? I was delighted to haTe oamght eix rats; three 

 h^mrBT^ wore spoiled by anfee* Ante ^metimaa attach g^cis^ns 

 before they are dead* On t¥io oc0srionB, I have fomni,. rata still 

 breathii^T and their ears half gone aM the skin aaten off their 

 feet and about the snout by small ants# 



SpaM most of the day making a loi^ hedge or fence of branohee* 

 lea¥ee^ 0to# with openin^rs bybtj few j^rds in which a trap was plaoad 

 mat trail soant on ©y shoes and put the liquid aniiiml bait near the 

 traps • 



