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feet + some wearing shirt
of the common blue serge.
On the outskirts of the village
two parties of small savages
were seen picking the skeleton
of some domestic animal
I shot several of these + Afri
wi carried them followed by
a great host of Calvary men
than the village. The villagers
stared at us in groups & were
much amused by my shooting
down with the .22 automatic.
The valley of Itseao Mung being
is a picturesque affair for
all sides tall spire like
mountains rise bound, it
separated by deep narrow gorges.
The forest is chiefly pine in
blocks in & semi cultivated
state.
(4) We continued on way
along a ridge then fishing
& gathering fibers of trees of
spruce & alders. After
tiffin we descended into
a small valley to a town
location or a town where the