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some mounted mammals
a rabbit, spotted civet, & a
large hystric. In alcohol he
had a black-tailed Porcupine,
Albino, & young gibbon.
In a cage he had a pure
black gibbon. A house affection-
te. No rodents were in
this shop. A tame parrotette
from the island was seen here.
He was green & blue colored.
He had stuffed francolins,
Minas drogers, rollers,
pheasants, etc. Our wife
with the tour showed the
street choices come from
streets paved by granite
overhanging roofs and
small shops. The fruit that
was grown; guavas, pineapples,
large pears, logans, water-
melons, but no coco nuts
were seen either they grow
many here. The chief export
of the place are pigs which are
shipped alive in baskets to Hong
Kong. On the outskirts of the city
is a large leper colony built on