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riave liad :vn escort; o\:* fiT'ee:. i::...l.lierb^ • Z^e^,» tae l/A^i:^ ta.:e pfrople off ix.to 

 tliuir countrv -uiiu xee va.r.. : fur life t.L gI^^vol ^^oi:-. t.x,.. foi" l^e vy .„Loni. 

 Le: lie .0^'? \ (.:-Corti cai. ,..'j,v*; I vili ..:.7c o..cort of 35 



is '-.Ju .^^..uly no './ox'sr- t.^iv. I't-^ r ui^au it ^ ill ^.o ii. t..' f-a'Gurcs ii iz \'cll to 



QOYf r -in f^^aienfi; u;: ooll^" ctin ; t^.i^; duix:^:*. Li ' L-s-trle -ill ensue ner-.r here in 



a t'e\' days betvccii Uniai' te rna tr*e atorijineL* (Xi^.ter — the i:iff icidtics v;ere 



i;ai;ie:i oiiz ^nu settle^ ^/itjiout l.. battle). 



Today we secured 7 birds, two of ■wxilch are of a variety I have not secured 

 before. 



we are again in a territory where the crops are drying up and dieins for lack 

 of rain, i'amine will surely show its teeth in this section tliis winter. 



Bxchange i:.. :.reat problem. It varies in each city— the rate between copper 



cash and the '*big^* or real silver dollar, ' . another partly steel dollar used in 

 Yunnan and in thi^. section. 



I have nad a i^ar^i. zi ttixiy t„x c police, to :nove alona at v ra_^.id rate, fhe 



hills are steep, z'^.e weaL._* .^ot, and a load Oi* ei ht^ ^oundf: 11. ver; tiresome. We 

 expect to reac/. hinjyU'-nful " ' Idtl. da;, f r j \acw, . 



The place we are in is Jia u}an. Its altitude is 6400 feet. 



2oday I Ette a new kind of a aish ..lane froin potatoes: ti.iit \::;s -^ntre-aely 

 delicious. Potatoes uncookeci r^ro cut into slico^, t-on prounu px*actic:-l" aitor, 

 then this sifted tlu^ough a r.^;. lie seainent ti.at ; o( to the botto.i ii c,w;. rated 

 from the juice by pouring of J ti^e juice. f..La tjic soi.iment driea in Zuo sunii /^it 

 and becomes a wiite p^ '-r. -oilin; ^a,tor i;: __on,r6.l into ^ v.lo;. cont:^-inin_, tx.e 

 powder and stirred, :,..n.., si^gar uddc.i. I iif..ve wSiaoM crt^n a nore deliciou;; dlLh. 

 fhe potato niist be mized well with cel.: vater (jart ii:;tlc c^.l.- 'wter, enouph to 

 wet the poauer) before the boilinp aater is ^-oirr^/. is... It is like a trantiparont 

 Jelly. 



I simply could not make tnis trip yito ^*ingyuenfu if I did not have pull enough 

 witii the inilitaxy officials to an aaequate escort, fo keep this pull I will 

 have to wive presentSj wxiioh are a necessary part of the collecting e:x:penses. 



Ihere is some verj' beautiful scenery to see at certain times on this trip, 



July 22. foday we passed throuph lueh Shi or Ueh-i::3hi^ or Yoh-Shi . I had to 

 go to the postimster to secure the Yunnan lialf-dollare usable in this district. 



We saw more crops that are beyond reviving;: even if it rains. 



ThB Lolos or Hosos are great bepaars. fhey nearly be;: ar head off. They 

 kneel and kotow to you in order to p^t a ^;ift of money ?/itn, vadch to buy Ihjuor, 

 of waich unep are ver}; fond. 



^t Yael S.ii ..o^'/ars plaaea a cute trick, fhey firea off firecrackers 



wnen I started off, a way of giving a friena much face^ in order to get me to give 



