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come to any of the three places
where we had large traps,
Caldwell had set the large trap
where he saw a new track.
In the reverse traps there
was only one water rat. On
our way up the mountain
side to Loughlin Caldwell
jumped a muntjac +
shot it for all was shut
with it finally. It was a
fine large g. The stomach
contents were leaves,
only with a blade of grass. The
leaves were a purple flower
pes like mistera. On places
on the mountain & about the falls
we saw fine groves of fir tree
with their fadge green cones standing
erect. The day was cloudy +
pleasant Shot 2 cormorans, white
with brown necks. They are much
like the African inhabitants, follow
the cattle about + feeding about
their feet. There were in places
some blue wood pigeons, one of
which Caldwell shot. The can
herons were just as in one of th