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hill is filled by burrows where the civets + mongooses live. The night was cool.
[[encircled]]3[[/encircled]]Every morning early the monks pound various wooden boards + images making a dull rhythm which often awakens us. Most of the priests are very poor + ignorant, often criminal but the head priest was very friendly + a good manager
The priests harvest rice, indigo peanuts, sweet-potatoes + in the winter wheats. They also make considerable revenue from the sale of wood or trees for charcoal. We left at daylight for the journey to the houseboat at Dai-nee, 21 miles away. We all walked to [[Durng Doing?]] 5 miles away in the cool morning + then took chairs the rest of the way, Saw many egrets + brown [[cowherons?]] in the fields. Reached Fongtow summit at noon where the