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flat faces & stub noses.
3) I have not wed at night, nor so chilly as at Mereng for - to which it was feet less in altitude.
The camp was guarded by a party of Shaw boys men from the nearest village which is the eastern of the country. Our detail consisted of 2 gray mice, another Zaporos like that at Pachayura, & Microtel's & larger Spriggs sorts. On the way men camp I saw a striped squirrel on large chipmunks ride across the road but failed to shut it. Morning partly cloudy but my mist. Hard over tiffin (place the road descended all afternoon into a rather deep valley in which were several villages. The largest or market village was Itza - Mereng.
The way passed then beyond that made camps in the hill on the edge of the valley. Here we saw some women with children