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: Red sandstone denuded country lima beans or aves of sorts. All the animals are kept [[shot?]]. After [[strikethrough]] lunch [[/strikethrough]] the crew have eaten their rice & the animals saddled they go on 3 hours [[strikethrough]] or more [[/strikethrough]] or 4 until dark & camp in a village. Camped at noon on a fine grassy prairie dotted by pine trees. No spurs are used on riding animals, not even by Europeans as the animals do not understand them & refuse to go forward when spurred. The salt we have met in such large quantities on the road come from wells near Tali-fu Reached Tro-Feng at 6 P.M. & camped in a temple in the town. [[strikethrough]] Red [[/strikethrough]] Near our noonday camp we passed thru a grove of sturdy chestnut trees loaded with burs in rows & cultivated. [[strikethrough]] Yes [[/strikethrough]] Before noon, at about 10 A.M. we passed thru a very denuded country of which the town of Yao-chen was the center. The formation was dark
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