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See - 2d Dollar they come down
of the beach, There are 3 or 4 of
in this neighborhood but only 2 of
tem have been seen thus far,
The Chinese don't hunt them
here but they are very shy
nevertheless. The flesh is
especially the galla said to be deadly
to Chinese & the gall is employed
by person people, or a
dried on the & roasted &
founds it much like turkey
in flavor, just as dry & which
quite indistinguishable.
The tail feathers of the 8 are
valuable to the Chinese for oom
Range #10.00 Mex.
29 This morning Dan
a band of 20 Mongass
numbers but they all don't
all come nearer than 750 yds.
They were on the river margin
in sand & leafless trees The
valley of the Salween is quite
without residents as the climate