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place & when the caravan stops at noon they are lifted off in a second or so.  Camped in a temple [[strikethrough]] (13) [[/strikethrough]] 100 yards outside of the village of Shè-tzu where we arrived at 5:30 P.M.

(13)  Made a very early start, getting away at 6:30 A.M.  Morning foggy.  Climbed the ridge out of Shè-tzu  valley.  The hillside was very bushy & many small birds were seen.  Then we dropped down into another small valley & ascended another ridge which we followed for two leagues.
This one was pine clad as were all the hills & country in sight for many miles.  In places were slopes clothed by bushy oaks chinquipins, etc. We reached the village of Kwang Tung in a steady rain.  Here we camped in a large deserted temple well removed from the town.  We have seen no rodent runways at any of our camps or on the edge of

Transcription Notes:
what looks like chinquipin may mean 'chinquapin'