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return trip to Foochow.  There was nothing caught in the traps except one spiny rat.  I took several pictures of the monastery, the day being clear & bright.  In the fields at the monastery they grow much indigo, the plant has the appearance of the peanut plant.  The fruit trees seen at the monastery are a few persimmons & pomeloes.  Rice fields in the winter are planted to wheat from which they make their bread.  Many fields are devoted to peanuts which are very small, size of peas only.  In the afternoon at 3 P.M we had a very heavy rain storm which lasted until 4:30 & was accompanied by much thunder & lightening.  This prevented our porters from arriving so we could not go down to [[Durng Doing??]] & trap civet cats on the small hill near the town.  Caldwell says this