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We had a scare about noon when a pack animal temporarily disappeared. 

 Later the coolie carrying the lanterns could not be found for awhile. 



We got 16 birds, including three of the great pheasants called Ma Gi 

 or horse pheasants. We got one pheasant with two sets of spurs and two mammals, 

 nos. 473-479. 



Aug. 1. We did not finish our skinning last night, and will finish 

 tonight or tomorrow. The hare is so badly shot up that we can only save the 

 skeleton and some of the skin. We got several pheasants with two pairs of spurs, 

 like those secured at Songpan, this morning, and one mammal, no. 480. We made a 

 hard stage, and are now camping at the altitude of 14500 feet. There were not 

 many insects by the way, and not many birds. 



Out Tibetans had a fight at noon. We stopped at a Tibetan house for 

 dinner. After a while a fight broke out, and we had to be peacemakers. Our men 

 threw rocks at their enemies. Our men *ere partly to blame. 



We passed through some wonderful country. There were high, rounded 

 hills, over the flat, u-shaped valley. Higher up were bare cliffs, gigantic in 

 size, of all conceivable shapes. Some resemble great castles, fortresses, 

 battlements, and towers. They were of a grayish turquoise color. 



We are now camped in a valley between high mountains , at the foot of 

 the pass over ?/hich we are to climb tomorrow. 



We are short of food for ourselves, but I have sent for eight loaves 

 of bread and some cookies, and will buy potatoes near Gien Long Shien . At 

 present we have no vegetables. The pass we are to cross tomorrow is called la 

 Hu Pass. 



A great deal of time is lost each day in preparing the food. It is 



slow work three tipes a day because of the high altitude. That's the highest 

 point whdre people have built houses to live in. There are nomads living in tents 

 at higher altitudes. 



