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"the steel traps on Black Waters
I shot 3 of the whit bellied squirrels
& one chipmunk. Both of these
species are wanderers in habit
for they never seen in places or
Trees where I had passed
many times on the days without
seeing any. On the way down to
B.C. near one of the forest ponds
I saw a pair of Northern Pheasants
& shot the F. I first heard them
walking thru dry leaves then
saw them running along a
Saddlehill. The one I got was
shooting heavy hemlock forest an
it flew by alight on the ground.
The Asuch Shan Chang hunter
returned without any game but
the two remained out. At this
group are still in Kichiang.
15) at 5 p.m. it started to rain
softly & continued until
noon, then went over to