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"low + ending in a hole like the
spotted hyaena but much
cleaner + clever. The call can be
heard a mile or two if silent
only in the morning from dawn
until noon. The shan
hunter seems bare limbed
through very heavy underbrush
his legs were tattooed down to
the knees heavily + far below
the breech with a few stray
gauges. About his waistmen
a girdle of elephants trotted.
Poisonous snakes or leopards
are rare or this method of travel
would not be popular or safe.
The woods are everywhere over-
grownly small vines but which
tangle the feet for large
creepers are not often seen.
A mudhole in the forest &
one of a few sandm lizards
later somewhere on a
forest hillside. The rooting of
fatted wild hyaenas seen
in many places + looking
fresh. After many tracks
were also seen, no dung
or beds of any of these animals