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The villages are all excessively filthy & foul smelling without exception.  Pigs roam in the roads, chickens and dogs add to the filth, the children are all dirty & unwashed & in rags.  Poverty is everywhere without any good houses or display of wealth.

The physical types are not very Chinese, no slanteyed people.  Many have high [[?sloping]] noses & are Indian or Malay in type.  A few are tall 6 ft. but none are fleshy or really large  They all dress in blue & wear (men) a small black skull cap surmounted by a red tassel.  The packing methods used here are my constant admiration  The loads set balanced on the saddle tree and no cinch is used, nor are they ever readjusted on the road.  [[strikethrough]] We [[/strikethrough]] They sit firmly in

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