red mud glaze crane in color. we have heard them coming the bird nearly everyday this they are too many for short honestly, not a trap has been stolen here all tho the natives have seen them often. They are more honest than the Chinese & Tibetan tribe who stole traps on sight on all occasions. Their honesty is doubtless due to the wildness of the country & lack of civilization to corrupt them. Every man here carries a gun for protection, maybe loaders, that action rifle Winchester ancient type let besides a long sword in a wooden sheath tucked under his belt. At dusk the Shan hunter returned with 2 & 3 ribbons of a light brown color. They were hand made & folded then like bamboo barrels. They were smaller but had districtish callosities & very long arms while their general shape gave them