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- 1934-06-14 (Creation)
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The party attempted to ford a river multiple times, but after four mules were washed downstream they returned to the bungalow to avoid damaging cameras and equipment. In humid heat they note locals wearing large bamboo hats, people fishing in fields with triangular pleated baskets by stamping the ground, and a caged mynah expertly imitating coughs; it poured with rain during the night.
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even non-existent. But we found it fairly full at 10:00. It has to be forded 10 or 12 times and we managed the first four times easily. But then four mules were washed downstream. We had to stop, as that kind of thing would ruin our cameras and other kit. Finally we returned to the bungalow at 4:30 pm. We hope now to start again tomorrow, if there is no rain at night. The temperature here is only 78° but we sit here dripping with sweat, the atmosphere being quite sodden. Many of the locals here wear a most excellent form of hat made of bamboo strips. It is about three feet across, quite light, and as good as any umbrella. But why wear such a hat when you are otherwise naked? We saw a number of people 'fishing' in the fields. They catch little minnows an inch or a little more long. A triangular pleated bamboo basket is used and the wielder stamps on the sloppy ground, to drive in any fish there may be. There is a mynah in a cage here, a most amusing bird. He jabbers all day long mostly unintelligible stuff. His best imitation by far is a cough, which is absolutely true to life. If any of us cough, he starts off at once.
19th June. Last night it poured with rain. In the
