do not keep dogs Suppose only to the climate being unsuited or damage by leopards. At the farm everything seems too many dogs but the natives on the road as well as in the market had none with them. The only crop cultivated here is tobacco. The rice fields all show neglect. On my way back from the village I witnessed an unusual animal hunt. In the meadow I saw a brown mongoose which had evidently swallowed two dangerous animals about only slowly expel it. When we came on the scene the mouse retreated hastily into the sand glass but some of the fellows not going around as in slow bounds. The day was cloudy this scene took place at 10:30 A.M. on a low rice terrace or field of low terraces. At dusk I shot a rat near the creek opposite the village. It was very small and had an absolutely different from any other species I know.