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parties, a funeral on its return was also encountered. It was one of the poorer classes, the party walking & the widow crying & staggering in a most awful rage of grief which is typically Chinese. At Hsiao Kuan we encountered crowded streets & had to edge our way thru.  We reached the town at 3:30 & camped in a old field on its lower edge on the south side of the river. The fur market was visited as soon as we made camp. In one shop or hotel storehouse we found 4 tiger skins from Ssu naon, one of which A. bought while I bought a large spotted leopard skin for $10.00. The tiger was $35.00 which is not high, the price here ranging from $25-35 We saw quite a number of Tibetans wearing short skirts + bare legged on their way back [[strikethrough]] fr [[/strikethrough]] with a tea caravan from Ssu Mao. Hsiao-Kuan is a busy place & much trade is done here in skins, salt, tea, grain & hides The night was very windy.