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in which to place the insects caught. We got a good lot of insects by means 

 of the ni^ht lanterns last night. 



It was very cold last night. For the first time this summer I put 

 on my winter underclothing. Up to this time I have been wearing my B.V.D. f s. 



The rebellion of the carpenter-collector Shie today took all the 

 ginger out of me, but the affair seems temporarily over. 



We got a fine view of a very high snow mountain, but it is not the 

 great mountain called Ganka. 



We are among monads. There are flocks of Yak and sheep all around 

 us. The yak snort like the loud grunt of a pig. Several nomad tents are in 

 sight, with their great fierce dogs, which Marco Polo said are as big as asses. 

 They are as big as some asses. There is not a tree in sight, only shrubbery, 

 like sage-brush, from one to three feet high. The valley we are in is U shaped, 

 and is evidently the result of glacial action, an old glacial bed. 



There is very little water flowing out of Tibet in the summertime . 

 There is little snow to melt. The streams are lowest and dryest on the hottest, 

 sunshinjr days , and are swollen only after heavy rains or showers. 



Yesterday I saw the insides of three nomad tents, and took notes about 

 their interiors in another book where I am noting Tibetan customs, social and 

 religious . 



The messenger arrived from Tatsienlu with two yak loaded with pro- 

 visions. W e also purchased and killed a sheep. We have been quite short of pro- 

 visions . 



July 29. We travelled at least 70 li, a good day's trip for pack 

 animals. We traveled down Yu Long Si Gorge, which is an old glacial bed, being 

 U-shaped. 



