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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. 478-479.

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 [[Our]] 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 were 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 which 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 Wa Hu Pass.

A great deal of time is lost each day in preparing the food. It is slow work three times a day because of the high altitude. That's the highest point where people have built houses to live in. There are nomads living in tents at higher altitudes.