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tlaem money* You Im^en^t face to refuse under such circumstances • We got 7 

 birds toda^'. 



'2m skinner Ho iias a bad foot* He £toicall--j Dore t. ■• lit ^ days before tell- 

 im: me about it. I sim now doctoring it. 



Ji.c ;.i, L ill w„n^, section of "Co... .iic-^o Ldh^ Lro' nluj.. ,c'dr c.d a Id. Ln^-ut^ 

 jro'uj'^ll L-iC r>,LUiu of i'ni ^rbr- '...In , ' izli tr.e ';il . boars. J..xe auc/:s ix: ve dif- 

 foront color t-ian it seen in oentri.! w-jGChi;rai» 



*nero are mn^, t.'nn \ ou^ton. ^ binding one of those in Sibet. She 



-.0 5 '..re bi "Ter 'na 'ierocr ^ t. ^ ..^ i^. central Saecliuan, 'orobably due to 

 in: ;■: r. dxture -Ir " ^ Jioetan noan 



^^.'6 are travelling GOUtiK/^ird* Dhis village is calle-f '^ril^.^^ --.i... ic 6u ii 

 from vmere we stayed last night and 40 li from Yuen Li.^i * ^^Ititude about o200 ft* 



2he escorts are necessary but they .-i lot of bother. .d..ey al ;le 

 for more tea moneya fne soldiers of our escort now are half-breed Lolos. Biej 

 sin.":' a good deal and their song& remind one {the tunes) of those of the American 

 Indians* fhis is not true of the msic of tiic wn'w .h:o# 



fhere are lots of fleas and bea bugs, and one of our problems is ho-r/ to avoid 



them. 



Jul^ J.a . croi;.(i .i_]i mountain ca,lled by the Chinese Shiao bnan^ 



hittle --ountain^ or »^,iiaj ^..1 . a, or hitt , ... Lin^ in contrast to the high 



aas3 near 7; cLj\! c llo • --.iiiar; Liit or dreat oiiiang Lin, or Da ^ihan, dreat 

 .w*o u X i ex.. 1 n • 



^arometcn" inaicatc^^ trir^t Zno toj of t.xC^ wasL * e ccoz^O'L ovor toda; ia IdbOO 

 feet .1 'i.u, J.,:: contraote^i. to t..at OiT t.to ..r--w- K,.iii n; -i'n^ ;.4be f^ot hi ,h, Jnc^ 

 cliaio u^; t. iattr^r rouxit j in. br im at ^50G feet5 *ahllc t.-. t. a ,..ittlf- Chiang 



•-i.i ..Gjiin .t 6;';u0 feet, f.a, clii,*b ug t.a Little ^Jinaij,; J^in is, tir-rofore, 



JvCout -a.^^uu feet 5 ai..a t.^-w^ j.' tl.e r-^.j-L K;_ii.n_: Lin c90Q fent^ c. t-.c latter seeais the 

 greater mountain to the dxiineseu 



fue Little whian ' l„i il ..lore fearec. bg. the Ohinese^ for 'lerr- ti.e Lolo^. c 

 ?nd rob^ Ijotj -jw. tc" ao geople cagti v.?. ^^jiile u..ota3 on tbi-w b re at w:h;-w.g ni., f;.r'e 

 O.iineD^ roL-^'6r£* J • >w ' c t.a t toe dhinfso rob^jeri: act accor^J la. to 



,^ rinci _ <i "'.-il'; t^.c ^...io «a.^L- a.- -j iijt* 



iiad an escort all tiie v/ay here, but the en... v;.,...e was only about 1/3 wiiat I 

 expected it to be. 



•^or the last few days, we have seen houses with snakes for shingles^ these 



being ixela on by large stones instead of being nailed. 



V/e have seen auch "oucaa^eat;, rice, corn^ and rye durin|;gthe past f- '- -.gs. 



