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- 22 - around our camp barking at us. These are the last nomad tents before reaching the Ga-Ze-La Pass. (La means pass, so the pass is the Ja Ze Pass) Aug. 12. We crossed the Ja-Ze Pass, altitude 17150 feet. After crossing, we stopped for dinner at 15800 feet. It rained hard for a short time, then ceased. We are camping for the night in a canyon with a rushing mountain stream near. Today we passed several high snow mountains, with the snow not far away from us. We are now camping at the elevation of 14000 feet. Our Chinese and I are getting used to high altitudes, but a half-breed Tibetan has been very sick. The road is very rough in this canyon. There were lots of strange insects near the top of the pass, on this side. Today we got about 12 birds and one mammal,no. 499, a marmot. We got some good insects with the gasolene lanterns tonight, and to take care of our specimens four of us worked until 1:30 A. M. Aug. 1[[overwritten]]4[[/overwritten]]^[[3]]. We traveled over one of the worst roads I have seen to Yu-Long-Gong, where we are passing the night. The road was full of large, uneven, granite boulders, over which the horses and yak had a hard time to pass. We got some fine insects and a few birds. This evening Mr. Sherap and Dr. Heim arrived at Yu-Long-Gong. We had a fine visit with them. Doctor Heim is a scientist sent by the Nanking Government and the Sen Yat Sen University. Dr. Heim is a geologist. They are first to survey the great Ganka mountain. He has very costly instruments for doing so. Mr. Sherap is a Tibetan who is employed by the British Government. Mr. Sherap assisted me on my first Tibetan trip. We got some good moths and butterflies today, and a few birds. We are 30 li from Tatsienlu and 10400 feet above sea level. Aug. 14. We have our breakfast at U Long Kong, then started for Tatsienlu, where we arrived about twelve o'clock. After paying off all the coolies
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