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river of Canton here flowed thru rocky brooks with no sand beaches or flat shore yet there are no rapids in the river. The soil everywhere is bright red but the rocks are black limestone & conglomerates.  The Chinese house are made of sun dried Adobe bricks like those used in Mexico.  On the river dugout canoes were seen, made like [[?]] of a single log dugout & nicely shaped no sampans or cart boats on the river.  Crops chiefly maize, rice, sugar cane, millet, pea-nuts, cotton, sweet potatoes.  No cassava seen at this elevation, 4500 feet.
Reached Pono-Hi station at 9:30  Here the RR leaves the main Si Kiang River.  The valley is wide & cultivated.  Beyond high grassy ranges rise to 8,000 feet.